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A routine moon-phase explainer for May 22 illustrates how astronomy content is increasingly packaged as daily habit media, blending accessible skywatching with evergreen search demand.

A waxing crescent Moon will pass near Venus and Jupiter on consecutive evenings in mid-May, creating one of 2026’s most accessible dusk sky events for casual observers and telescope users alike.

The Moon is down to a 4% waning crescent on May 15, setting up the final approach to the New Moon and an unusual month with two Full Moons before May ends.

The Moon enters a waning crescent phase on May 10, with nearly half its surface illuminated and several well-known lunar features still visible for observers on Earth.

The Moon enters a waning gibbous phase on May 2, but remains effectively fully illuminated in the night sky, with another full moon expected later in the month.

The Moon is 82% illuminated on April 27, putting skywatchers just days away from a full moon that NASA expects on May 1.

Observers across much of the Americas will have a chance to watch the Moon pass in front of Regulus in one of the year’s best lunar occultations of a bright star.

On April 23, 2026, the Moon is in a waxing crescent phase with 41 percent illumination, approaching first quarter and offering several visible lunar features for skywatchers.

This year’s Lyrid meteor shower arrives with a major advantage: a moonless peak. That raises the odds that observers will catch bright meteors and occasional fireballs during one of the oldest recorded annual sky events.

Comet C/2025 R3 Pan-STARRS has reached perihelion after brightening into one of spring’s most watched sky events, with observers now relying increasingly on space-based views as it passes close to the Sun.

On April 14, only 13% of the Moon is illuminated, marking the final stretch before the New Moon and leaving little of the lunar surface visible without optical aid.

The Northeast Astronomy Forum & Space Expo returns April 11-12 in Suffern, New York, bringing astronauts, NASA experts, exhibitors, workshops, and thousands of attendees together for its 35th year.

The first full moon of spring in the Northern Hemisphere will peak on April 1, setting the timing for major religious observances and giving skywatchers a clear celestial marker for the season.