A halo around the sun or moon is an optical phenomenon created by refracted sunlight or moonlight through tiny ice crystals that make up high-altitude clouds. The light is refracted in 22-degree ...

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Editor’s note: This column typically runs on Mondays. This week delivers both the Sagittarius new moon and the winter solstice. The sun and moon meet in Sagittarius for the new moon and then together ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. The new moon on Saturday, Aug. 23, will pass unseen. Lost in ...

When the moon is nearly between Earth and the sun, one side of the moon faces the sun, and that side is illuminated, but the side the Earth sees is dark. This is called the new moon phase of the lunar ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A total lunar eclipse — also known as a “Blood Moon” — is a ...