The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun and the Moon. This alignment ensures the entire side of the Moon that faces us gleams under ...

Oct. 24 (UPI) -- Google is educating users about the lunar cycle with its latest interactive Doodle released Thursday. The ...

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 ...

Sunset at Atlas and Hercules Craters from the Photographic Atlas of the Moon, by Robert Reeves. The moon is back in fashion, but how well do you know it? It's been over 55 years since Neil ...

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 ...

The full moon names for each month, why they're named so and what we can expect from these lunar events. Many full moon names date back to Native Americans, of what is now the northern and eastern ...

The next full moon is due to appear this week in night skies all over the world. When it emerges, the phenomenon will hold a couple of notable titles. First, it's the Hunter's Moon, a centuries ...

October’s hunter’s moon is set to peak at its fullest around 7:26 a.m. ET Thursday, but the silvery orb will appear round Wednesday evening through Friday morning, according to NASA.

But if that's a bit past your usual bed time, the good news is the Moon will actually appear at its biggest around dusk. That's caused by an optical illusion known as the Moon illusion.

The Moon’s illumination is given at 12 P.M. local time from the same location. With no Moon in the sky for several hours before dawn this morning, let’s try for one of the sky’s most distant ...

For the first time, NASA is journeying to this mysterious moon to determine if it might be able to host alien life. NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft (illustrated here with Jupiter in the ...

If you catch a glimpse of the full moon in the next couple of nights, you might notice how bright it is. This month's full moon, called the Hunter's Moon, is also a supermoon and happens to be the ...