The “Milky Way window” in August, therefore, is when the night skies are free from bright moonlight. That’s always going to be between Last Quarter Moon and a few days after New Moon.

The moon is a sphere that travels once around Earth every 27.3 days. It also takes about 27 days for the moon to rotate on its axis. So, the moon always shows us the same face; there is no single ...

A new study has found that Earth's days used to be two hours longer than they are now because of the moon drifting thousands of miles farther away. The additional hours may have led to a series of ...

ANKARA, TURKIYE - AUGUST 31: The rare Super Blue Moon illuminates the night sky in ... 2023 and best seen from North America at moonrise later that day. Wishing you clear skies and wide eyes.

Something rare is happening in the skies in the next few days — a black moon. This rare celestial event is due to an unusual calendar alignment: two new moons in one month. The first occurred on Dec.