This Week's Sky
Night Sky This Week: November 9 to 15, 2026
New moon falls at 1:02 AM on Monday, so this is the darkest week of November: the Moon is absent until Wednesday evening and sets before 11 PM…
New Moon
5 posts tagged New Moon
Sky Guides
What Is Earthshine? The Glow on the Crescent Moon
Look at a thin crescent Moon this week and you may notice something odd: you can see the rest of the disc too, glowing faintly inside the bright…
This Week's Sky
Night Sky This Week: October 5 to 11, 2026
This is the darkest week of October and one of the busiest. The Moon shrinks from a morning crescent to new moon on Saturday, leaving every evening moonless.…
Sky Guides
New Moon October 10, 2026: The Darkest Nights of the Month
The new moon of October 2026 falls on Saturday, October 10, at 10:50 AM Central Time (15:50 UTC). For stargazers the exact minute matters less than the week…
Sky Guides
How to See the Zodiacal Light This September
The false dawn is back. Two moon-free windows in September and October 2026, where to look, and how to photograph the ghostly cone of dust that rises before…