NASA's long-awaited mission to the moon has been delayed. The Artemis II mission will send four astronauts on a 10-day fly around the far side of the Moon and back to Earth again. After a successful dress rehearsal - or wet rehearsal - on Thursday, the team were looking at 6 March as the earliest launch date.

As of Friday, Feb. 20, the Moon phase is Waxing Crescent. According to NASA's Daily Moon Guide, 9% of the Moon will be lit up tonight.

The space agency said Sunday it's targeting Tuesday for the slow, four-mile trek across Kennedy Space Center​, weather permitting.

Scientists have mapped thousands of young tectonic ridges across the Moon, showing it is still slowly shrinking. These ridges may mark previously unknown sources of moonquakes.

A total lunar eclipse will cross the skies over the contiguous United States on Tuesday, March 3, turning the moon a deep reddish color in what's commonly called a "blood moon."

New observations show a small Saturn moon has generated electromagnetic waves that extend more than 313,000 miles behind it inside Saturn’s magnetic field. That newly measured reach reveals a tiny icy world acting as a planetary-scale engine, reshaping how scientists understand the power of small moons.

Ohio will see a total lunar eclipse during the March full moon . Here's what makes it so special and when to see the blood moon.

New maps issued by NASA detail exactly when and where skywatchers across the contiguous U.S. can see the upcoming total lunar eclipse on March 3, 2026.