Islam operates on a lunar calendar, with months beginning and ending with the first sighting of a crescent moon. That means it could start on Friday, Feb. 28 or Saturday, Mar. 1. A view of the ...

As the moon moves through its various stages, it experiences several phases of partial light. These range from a banana-shaped crescent moon, a D-shaped quarter moon and a nearly full gibbous moon.

During the meeting, PM Modi gifted Musk’s children three books—The Crescent Moon by Rabindranath Tagore, The Great RK Narayan Collection, and Panchatantra by Pandit Vishnu Sharma. Photos ...

The Prime Minister reportedly gave three books to Musk's children. The three books gifted by PM Modi are - The Crescent Moon" by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, The Great RK Narayan Collection ...

At the end of February, when the waxing crescent moon is sighted, more than 2 billion Muslims worldwide will begin observing the holy month of Ramadan. During Ramadan, Muslims will focus on God ...

A colorful display of the southern lights was captured in Tasmania on February 1, with a comet also visible in the night sky. Ben Swanson, who captured the timelapse footage here, told Storyful it was ...

In the coming evenings, a crescent moon will appear after sunset. Look west after sunset for a chance to see a super-slim 2.4%-lit crescent moon. It won’t be easy because it will only be in the ...

Two gargantuan canyons on the moon were carved by a hailstorm of rocks — and that’s good news for future lunar astronauts.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons on the lunar far side.

One of Earth’s deepest mysteries lies beneath our feet: the planet’s inner core. Made of iron and nickel, the hot, solid sphere is about 70% the size of the moon. Recent research suggested this dense ...

The Moon passes 0.4° south of this star at 4 A.M. EST. You can catch the pair about 20° high in the south around 5:30 A.M. local time, with the crescent Moon to Antares’ lower left.