Moon

The Moon was giving off a beam of light straight up for about the first 30 minutes or so after rising on the horizon. In pictures: The light from the moon is behind the moon! WOW!...

Over the years, the full Moon has been blamed for everything from spikes in crime, to causing madness, to baby booms. But could it also be the reason some of you have found it...

A blue moon, a super moon and a lunar eclipse will all fall on the same night on January 31, 2018 in an event that hasn’t happened in over 150 years. The last time...

The rare happening is the result of two concurrent lunar phenomena: It's the second full moon of the month (blue moon), and the moon will pass into the shadow of the Earth cast by...

Yesterday, December 3, 2017, a Supermoon trilogy has started with 3 supermoons in a row - Dec. 3rd, Jan. 1st and finally Jan. 31st. The latest is a Super 'Blue Moon' tinted in red...

Today, a series of three supermoons in a row - supermoon trifecta - is starting, with fullmoons on December 3, 2017, January 1, 2018, and January 31, 2018. The supermoon on January 1 will be the largest...

A blood red moon lit up the sky across the world during a partial lunar eclipse on August 7, 2017. The spectacular spaceweather event was best-viewed in the Indian Subcontinent, but striking images were also...

A partial lunar eclipse will take place on August 7/8, 2017, the second of two lunar eclipses in 2017. This will precede by 14 days the total solar eclipse of August 21, 2017, which will...

Antarctica is an awesome place, full of little miracles and incredible nature. This mysterious and rare moondogs just needed to be shared with every space weather enthusiast. At Germany's Neumayer III Research Station in Antarctica, the...

These glowing iridescent clouds were photographed by SkywatchTam over Trinidad, Colorado in the night of the December 12, 2016. Yes, it's actually the rays of the growing Supermoon that created these amazing colors! A pretty rare phenomenon! He...

In a spectacular case of bad timing, the full Moon coincides with the annual Geminid meteor shower. Don't feel put out. There's still something for everyone, including a consolation prize. A supermoon is a good thing....

That's one of the most incredible picture I have personally seen from the November 14's Super Duper Moon. Unbelievable! As explained by the photographer Boris Vakhmistrov: 'I've witnessed a powerful atmospheric phenomenon that I had never...

These are my preferate pictures of the biggest full Moon in almost 70 years take from around the world on Novemver 14, 2016. Today's full Moon is the biggest and brightest in almost 70 years....

The supermoon on Nov. 14 will be very rare. On the night of Monday, Nov. 14, you’ll see the biggest moon in the sky in 70 years. The full moon of Nov. 14 is not...

This amazing picture of the Full Moon rising within Hawaii's Mauna Kea shadow was taken on October 15 looking away from a gorgeous sunset. An alignment across the Solar System is captured in the stunning...

2016 will end on a lunar highlight as the spectacular ‘supermoon’ phenomenon will occur an incredible three times. Yes, 2016 ends up with 3 supermoons. The first one occurred on October 16, 2016. The next...

First we had a supermoon, then a blood moon and now a black moon. Yes, Friday night, we've got the extremely rare phenomenon of a black moon to enthrall sky-watchers. And it could bring with it...

Have you ever seen the new moon on satellite imagery? Probably not! Now look at the pictures and video of the lunar transit showed below. And you have your New Moon on photo! As reported by the...

Is doomsday coming? Full moon before summer solstice could spark madness and mass shootings On Monday, June 20, 2016, two celestial events will occur almost simultaneously. The full moon will shine in the sky just before...

Look at this awesome waxing Moon... And what about these strange fibrous cirrus clouds hiding it? OMG! These awesome but somehow weird pictures were taken on June 10, 2016 in the Czech Republic by Richard Kotarba. Waxing...

On May 21, 2016 the full moon will shine blue in the night sky. A blue moon? Not really! There are normally only three full moons in each season of the year. And this May's full moon...

Is there going to be a green moon on April 20, 2016? No, there won’t be a green moon on April 20, 2016 … or on May 29. But why this urban legend? According to some...

This is an amazing timelapse video of the Penumbral Lunar Eclipse on March 23, 2016, filmed from North Carolina. Did you also see it? Thank you so much Frank Hobson III for this awesome video. Follow us: Facebook and Twitter

The Moon-Jupiter conjunction on March 21, 2016, occurred in front of a train of Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds in the sky of Bariloche, Argentina. Watch these haunting pictures by Guillermo Abramson. Here a zoom on the Moon and...

It’s wonderful to see a halo around the moon... And also a colorful aurora. But how about seeing the two together? Anatoly Hlopotnyuk captured the view. This unique image of a lunar halo combined to a...

Jupiter lords over the March nighttime sky. And tonight it converges with the Moon. Here the first picture of this awesome sky phenomenon. Jupiter is the only planet to light up the sky almost immediately after...

This astronomy calendar of celestial events contains dates for notable celestial events. In March 2016, you (hopefully) will be able to follow a total solar eclipse, a penumbral lunar eclipse and Jupiter at opposition among others....

Monday night's full Moon was the "Snow Moon" named after the heavy snows of February. There weren't any extreme snow storms in the sky of Stockholm, Sweden and around the world but just some awesome halos...

Sometimes there are signs in the sky... Sundogs on steroids! Iridescent clouds explosion! And haunting Moon halos! Look at these amazing sky phenomena that appeared in the sky of the eastern US just before winter storm...

Waves of more than 5 meters are currently crashing on the coast of Chile, particularly hitting the city of Vina del Mar. Due to the full moon, swells will intensify on Sunday January 24, 2016. Watch these...

Lately, Arctic sky watchers have been seeing a lot of Polar stratospheric clouds. And this time, Andy Skinner captured an eerie moon stratospheric cloud in the sky over Abisko, Sweden. These is neither a space nebula,...

There will be a rare full moon on Christmas Day this year. This is first full moon on Christmas Day since 1977. And the next extraordinary sky event will only happen in 2034 again. A rare...

Venus is the brightest object in the east before sunrise. And beginning of this month the Planet is conjuncting with the Moon. If you’re in North America on December 7, 2015, you can witness an awesome planetary...

Sometimes, when you look at the sky, you will capture an extremely rare atmospheric phenomenon. On November 24, 2015, Frankie Lucena witnessed an amazing lunar cloud shadow over Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. Actually, cloud shadows are fairly common with clouds...

The Beaver Full moon illuminated Earth's sky on November 25, 2015. And the Full Moon radiated amazing single and double coronas in different places around the world. Haunting and beautiful pictures. Were you also able to photographed the...

These awesome moondogs and light pillars shine like diamonds in the sky. Millions of horizontal plate crystals drifting in the freezing air reflect ground lights to produce the illusion of upward pillars of light. Similar...

This is a single 3hr 45min exposure showing the whole progress of the eclipse trailing across the sky Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA. A real giant Q-tip... lol However, in the sky of Povazska Bystrica, Slovakia, it the...

The world's biggest tides in two decades will hit Canada's shores on September 29, 2015. This is due to a convergence of 3 celestial events: The full moon, The perigee moon, and the fall equinox. All...

According to specialists, this Sunday night's Blood Moon was one of the darkest lunar eclipse. Now discover amazing pictures of this supermoon solar eclipse. Hope you were able to see this awesome Blood Moon phenomenon and...

Members of several faiths believe Sunday night’s blood moon may portend catastrophe. Yes, the combination of a supermoon and a “blood moon” has some people freaked out about the possible end of the world. Two astronomical...