Tonight’s Moon Is in Waning Crescent Phase With 42% Visible Surface
Tonight's Moon is in Waning Crescent, 42% visible. See the Kepler and Tycho craters without gear; binocs and scopes reveal more.
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Roman Space Telescope opens its wide eye to hunt for new worlds
Roman Space Telescope's coronagraph sees first light, locking on targets with laserlike precision.
How the Moon Looks on October 3, 2026: A Crescent That Won’t Last
Tonight, the Moon enters its Third Quarter phase, showing half bright and half dark. Here's what to see without binoculars, with them, and with a telescope.
Saturn Reaches Opposition Sunday — Here’s How to See Its Brightest Rings
Saturn reaches opposition this Sunday, making it the brightest planet in the night sky. Here's how to see it without a telescope.
Full Moon Rises Over North America as the Harvest Moon Tonight
Tonight's nearly full moon shows the Mare Crisium, Fecunditatis, and Procellarum, plus binocular and telescope targets.
Moon Phase Today: What the Moon Will Look Like on September 19, 2026
Tonight's Waxing Gibbous Moon shows Mare Vaporum, Mare Serenitatis, and Mare Fecunditatis. Binoculars reveal craters; telescopes show Apollo landing sites.
Waxing Crescent Moon Reaches 35% Full Tonight, Showcasing Mare Crisium and Mare Fecunditatis
Tonight's sky shows a waxing crescent Moon, 35% visible, with Mare Crisium, Mare Fecunditatis, and more to see without a telescope.
Black Holes or Black Hole Stars? Astronomers Spar Over Webb Telescope’s ‘Little Red Dots’
Astronomers clash over Webb telescope's 'little red dots,' unsure if they mark black holes, galaxies, or something unknown.
Celestron’s StarSense Explorer DX 130AZ lets phone-guided star-hopping happen automatically
A portable telescope that finds its targets with a smartphone, delivering sharp views of the solar system and bright deep-sky objects.