Learn About Earth's Nearest Neighbor - The Moon
August is one of those rare months when there is a Blue Moon.
The common understanding of a “Blue Moon” is that is is the second Full Moon in the same calendar month.
And in August (2023), there are Full Moons on August 1st and August 30th/31st (depending on where you live).
In the USA, the Blue Moon is … Read the rest of this article
The Harvest Moon is the full moon that’s closest to the Autumnal Equinox (September in the Northern Hemisphere and March in the Southern Hemisphere).
This year’s Harvest Moon reaches its full phase at about 9:58 UT (5:50AM EDT) on Saturday, September 10th.
After Summer gave us three Supermoons in a row and one very nearly Supermoon on May 16th — … Read the rest of this article
Full Moon Names are different in every culture. Some are tied to the seasons. Some relate to the environment where people lived. While other names just seem very fanciful. The Full Moons throughout the year have been given names by various cultures down through the centuries (and probably millennia).
Since the Moon orbits the Earth roughly every 27 days, which … Read the rest of this article