The moon's ascending node (the point in the sky where its orbit crosses the ecliptic from south to north) is moving westward ...

They occur between the summer and winter solstices marking the point the Sun crosses the equator's path and becomes positioned exactly above the equator between the Northern and Southern ...

A solstice — derived from the Latin sol ("sun") and sistere ("to stand still"), because the seasonal movement of the Sun's daily path (as seen ... arc relative to the equator.

Skywatchers in central Florida and southern Texas can witness a rare lunar standstill on Feb. 7, as the waxing gibbous moon ...

What varies, is the path the moon takes ... appears in the sky. Near the equator, the moon moves from east to west across the top of the sky, much like the sun does in those regions.

Winter may seem endless by the time March rolls around, but this month the sun and the day length are both climbing at top speed. At our northern latitude, the day length is increasing by about ...