Moon

Can you hear them howl? According to folklore, tonight's full Moon is the "Wolf Moon," named long ago by Native Americans after packs of wolves...

We already had three lunar eclipses in 2020. The final lunar eclipse of 2020 will appear over North and South America, the Pacific Ocean and...

There was no eclipse on September 30, 2020. But still, as the full moon rose on that day, California’s wildfire-smoke-infused skies caused it to...

In the bizarre year that's 2020, another highly unusual event is headed our way. This year's Halloween full moon will be visible to the entire world, rather...

While surveying a crater, something curious was suddenly spotted by a scientists of the China’s Chang’e-4 lunar rover mission. To the team surprise, the lunar...

How big is the moon compared to the continental US? Is it a bit smaller than what you thought? The greatest distance between two points within...

There's going to be an eclipse tomorrow... A partial eclipse of the Moon. On July 16th, the full Thunder Moon will pass through the...

Northern Arizona has had deep ties to the Apollo missions. Every moon-walking astronaut took crash courses in geology at the Grand Canyon and a nearby...

Our own Moon has one of the largest preserved craters in the Solar System, the South Pole-Aitken Basin, located on the far side of the...

Many people are familiar with the term ‘blue moon’ and know it as the second full moon in one calendar month. However, there is...

The moon shrinks? During its more than 4.5 billion years in space, it has slowly shrunk, researchers say. Over the last few hundred million...

The full pink moon is expected to occur on Good Friday at 12:12 BST (07.12 EST). Despite having the name, the moon will not...

Good news for sky watchers, the next full moon is set to be the biggest and brightest of the year. the “super snow 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...

Over the years, the full Moon has been blamed for everything from spikes in crime, to causing madness, to baby booms. But could 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...

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...

Yesterday, December 3, 2017, a Supermoon trilogy has started with 3 supermoons in a row - Dec. 3rd, Jan. 1st and finally Jan. 31st....

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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:...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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....

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...