Californians watching the sky in February have the chance to view a parade of planets and a snow moon. The planetary alignment that began in January will continue into February, according to ...

After the sun and the moon, the planet Venus is the brightest astronomical object in the night sky. The close conjunction of Venus and a crescent moon will be visible once more this year ...

occurs when Earth is between the sun and moon and the three celestial objects line up in a row so that the moon passes into our planet’s shadow. When the moon is within the darkest part of Earth ...