Around midnight tonight in the east, a 55%-lit waning gibbous moon ... night sky. Look south anytime after dark, and you'll see the red planet Mars just a couple of degrees from bright star ...

The moon will be only 61% illuminated and not quite so dazzling, making this upcoming occultation easy to see and enjoy.

Only the Sun, the moon and the planet Venus will be ... What seems like a very bright star will appear in the midnight sky this weekend, but it's not a star at all. Jupiter, the largest planet ...

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the northern hemisphere).

The night sky tonight and on any clear night offers an ever-changing display of fascinating objects you can see, from stars and constellations to bright planets, the moon, and sometimes special ...

Mars has now risen to the rank of the fifth brightest object in the pre-midnight evening sky, rivaled only by the moon, Venus, Jupiter and the brightest of all stars, Sirius. In contrast ...

As a relatively bright star, Antares should remain visible as the sky lightens as ... hours to cross behind the moon, ending its transit just before the stroke of midnight in the eastern U.S ...

Californians watching the sky in February ... The full moon is set to move above the horizon in the east around sunset and reach its apex around midnight. A nearly full pre-Halloween moon rises ...