During that time, the moon goes through eight phases: new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, third quarter, and waning crescent. Essentially ...

Even so, if one takes proper precautions one can see a "crescent" sun as the moon moves in front of it. How much gets covered depends on one's location. The eclipse starts at 0850 UTC, when the ...

Astronomers say the crescent moon heralding the Islamic ... astronomer Mulham al-Hindi posted an image of the faintest outline of a moon that he claimed was taken using a charge-coupled device ...