Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. When is Chinese New Year? The new moon on Monday, Dec. 30 — ...

Times Square ball drops and midnight kisses reliably usher in the New Year on the same date every year. But for billions of people around the world who celebrate the Chinese New Year, also known as ...

WASHINGTON — There will be a rare "black moon" on Dec. 30, but you're likely not going to notice anything that unusual if you look to the sky on Monday. Most people are familiar with blue moons, or at ...

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 ...

Everything you need to know about March 2’s full moon and March 3’s “blood moon” total lunar eclipse, as the full moon rises and drifts into Earth’s shadow and turns red.