The moon's orbit is elliptical, or oval-shaped, meaning as its distance from our planet changes, its apparent size changes, ...
The new moon is a period of darkness when not even a sliver of the luminosity shows in the inky night sky. The celestial waxing and waning of the moon have been compared to feminine cycles and why ...
The National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), through its Centre for Basic Space Science and Astronomy, has ...
And if you just want to see a sliver of the moon, that happens on New Year’s Day when the waxing crescent — a thin crescent moon — will be visible just after sunset. Something rare is ...
The final phase before the cycle starts again with a new Moon is called waning crescent. Just a sliver of the Moon is not in shadow at this point.