With each passing night as, the crescent slowly widens and it begins to appear against a progressively darker background, its ...

Some nights when we look up at the moon, it is full and bright; sometimes it is just a sliver of silvery light ... The four primary phases of the moon (new moon, first quarter, full moon, last ...

After days of darkness, when the sky is absent of any sign of light, a new tiny sliver of a moon appears reminding us to never despair. Even when we experience awful times of tragedy, we continue ...

13. And if you just want to see a sliver of the moon, that happens on New Year’s Day when the waxing crescent — a thin crescent moon — will be visible just after sunset. Something rare is ...

The final phase before the cycle starts again with a new Moon is called waning crescent. Just a sliver of the Moon is not in shadow at this point.

curved sliver) and getting larger. There are eight phases of the Moon beginning with the new Moon, followed by waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full Moon, waning gibbous ...

Generally, the nights of and near the new moon – when the moon is not illuminated – are better for most stargazing experiences. Here are the dates of new moons this year.

This is the last chance to catch the pair in conjunction this year—with Venus set to be unusually bright in the night sky.