I remember watching the full moon rise one early evening a while back. It was when I still lived in Colorado, and I was standing outside in my yard. I first noticed a glow to the east lighting up ...

STARGAZERS get to see a Full Moon roughly every 29.5 days – that's the time it takes to complete one lunar phase cycle. A Full Moon is visible when it's on the opposite side of the Earth to the Sun.

Supermoons occur when a full moon is at or near its closest point to Earth in its orbit, making it appear larger than usual. Although the difference is subtle, it can create a striking visual ...

Some nights when we look up at the moon, it is full and bright; sometimes it is just a sliver of silvery light. These changes in appearance are the phases of the moon. As the moon orbits Earth ...

The dark skies during a new moon provide ideal conditions for spotting skywatching targets that would otherwise be outshined by moonlight. The next new moon will occur on Sunday, Dec. 1 at 1:21 a ...

Along the lunar orbital path, the point of closest proximity is known as perigee, which is when the moon is, on average, 226,000 miles (363,300 kilometers) from Earth. When a full moon phase ...

The first full moon of fall — also one of this year's four 'supermoons' — rises today in the eastern sky. The hunter's moon is the first full moon after September's autumnal equinox-adjacent ...

The Hunter's Moon will be the first full moon of autumn when it rises on Oct. 17. It will also be the third and closest supermoon of the year. China's Chang'e 5 mission brought back evidence that ...

Scientists have long known the composition of the Moon’s crust ... but instead pushed on for nearly a full year before both satellites crashed into the lunar surface. Darren lives in Portland ...

Sarah Moon is a French fashion photographer who rose to prominence in London during the 1970s. Characterized by her painterly, ethereal aesthetic, Moon’s photographs are often saturated with jewel ...

The hunter's moon – the first full moon of fall – will rise Thursday in the eastern sky around sunset. As a bonus, this month's full moon will also be a supermoon. Although it will reach peak ...