Moon phase today: What the Moon will look like on October 6, 2026

The Moon has almost disappeared from view.

Moon To Hide Jupiter In A Spectacular Sky Show On Tuesday

On Tuesday, Oct. 6, the moon will occult Jupiter before sunrise, creating a rare celestial spectacle visible across eastern North America and beyond.
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The Moon Just Got a Massive New Crater That’s Wider Than Two End-to-End Football Fields. It’s a ‘Once-in-a-Lifetime Observation’

The impact crater was formed in 2024 when an object the size of a multistory building crashed into our lunar companion. The resulting divot is about 728 feet wide and 141 feet deep ...

Superpowers Race to Put Nuclear Reactors on the Moon

The United States wants a reactor on the moon by 2030. A Russian-Chinese alliance is working on one for 2036. Some leading ...
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The Sky Today on Monday, October 5: The Moon, Mars, and M44

Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. October 4: Saturn reaches opposition The Moon ...

Who Owns the Moon?

A treaty from the 1960s declared that nobody can own outer space. Half a century later, billionaires and superpowers see ...
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October 5 Moon phase: What the Moon will look like tonight and what to know

The Moon is getting closer to the end of its current cycle, with the New Moon now just around the corner. On October 5, 2026, the Moon is in its Waning Crescent phase, with about 31% of its surface ...

Did Buzz Aldrin say, 'The moon is not what you think'?

Throughout 2025 and 2026, YouTube channels posted videos online (archived) claiming that Buzz Aldrin, one of the first two ...
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Japan wants to build a giant solar ring around the moon that could beam endless clean energy to Earth

The plan starts with dirt. Lunar soil, combined with hydrogen brought from Earth, would yield oxygen and water. The water, ...