Lost in the glare of the sun on Sunday (Sept. 21), the new moon will rise without anyone in the Northern Hemisphere noticing. However, early birds in New Zealand and the South Pacific — and a handful ...

September's new moon will be a special event this weekend, as it rises amid a partial solar eclipse — visible to only 0.2% of the world's population — and leads us all into the autumnal equinox. When ...

Here's what happens as the direct rays of the sun slip south of the equator as the seasons change.

There may be more northern lights – or aurora borealis – sightings this spring. As we near the spring equinox, also known as the vernal equinox, on March 20, the Earth's magnetic field and solar wind ...

On the day of the 2025 autumnal equinox, the sun rises almost exactly due east and sets to the west. The months that follow will see cooler temperatures set in as the northern hemisphere receives less ...