The moon will be closest to the Pleiades in the hours following sunset.

For months, Saturn has been a steady presence in the sky after sunset, but after tonight, it will move away from our view for a while

Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, January 23Pluto reaches conjunction with the Sun at 5 A.M. EST. Also this morning, the Moon passes 4° north of Saturn at 8 A.M. EST and passes 4° north of Neptune at 11 A.

Look west and see the sun set. Look east, the full moon rises. Seeing this phenomenon is impressive, but not unique, according to the Journal’s astronomy expert, Kevin McKeown. In April, September, October and December a supermoon offers up the next easy ...

Here's how to see the celestial pairing.

Heads up stargazers! The moon will shine close to the bright star Antares at sunset on Sept. 27, while some lucky viewers — and plenty of penguins — will witness the lunar disk pass directly in front of the red supergiant, hiding it from view.

A lunar lander has completed its two-week mission and sent spectacular sunset images as a "final goodbye" back to Earth. The Blue Ghost Mission 1 lander was launched by Firefly Aerospace in mid-January and landed on the moon on March 2. It was the first ...