The new moon of January will be at 7:36 a.m. Eastern Time on Jan. 29, according to the U.S. Naval Observatory, and two days ...

This type of eclipse is called an occultation, which occurs when the Moon or other celestial object passes in front of another celestial object, such as a star or a planet. The word “occultation ...

Generally, the nights of and near the new moon – when the moon is not illuminated – are better for most stargazing experiences. Here are the dates of new moons this year.

Exploring the history of the 'Zoso' symbol used by Jimmy Page on the cover of Led Zeppelin's iconic 1971 album 'Led Zeppelin IV', which is rooted in the occult.

Plus: Saturn’s moon Iapetus is visible, our Moon passes the bright star Spica, and Mars skims south of Pollux in Gemini in ...

On the evenings of Jan. 17 and 18, the planets will appear virtually side by side, in what's called a “planetary conjunction.

"The planet Venus, which is the brightest planet we can see from Earth, is in the Western sky after sunset, and it's right next to another planet, Saturn. Saturn is the faintest of the bright ...

A composition photo of images taken during the lunar occultation on Jan. 4 captures the progression of the moon moving in front of Saturn, briefly hiding it from viewers on Earth.

On Jan. 4, Saturn briefly hid behind the crescent moon, escaping the view of skywatchers in Europe, Africa, western Russia and eastern Greenland in an event known as a lunar occultation.

A brightly lit Mars could be seen passing behind the full moon during a rare lunar occultation on Monday, January 13, footage captured in San Francisco shows. NASA defines an occultation as when one ...