Unlike a total solar eclipse, part of the sun is still visible during a partial solar eclipse, so there is no darkening of ...

Mercury will be hovering just above the horizon—and a little further to the left, roughly between the two planets. The crescent moon will complete a celestial smiley face for the ages.

But what unites all Muslims is the observance of the new crescent ... moon is brightly illuminated from Earth’s perspective. The invisible phase of the moon, when the illuminated side of it is ...

A partial eclipse will turn the Sun into a crescent this Saturday as the Moon moves in front of it. The Moon will slowly pass across the face of the Sun over a two-hour period, beginning shortly ...

After the sun sets on the night of February 28, the 29th day of Shaaban month in the Hijri calendar, moon sighters face west with a clear view of the horizon for a first glimpse of the crescent moon.