Moon watchers will get a special treat this month: September's full "harvest" moon is also a supermoon, meaning it's slightly bigger and brighter than an average moon. The full moon will be ...

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But this one won’t be making an impact. Instead, it’ll be what space enthusiasts have dubbed a mini-moon, and it will stick around to orbit our planet for roughly two months beginning Sept.

Here are the dates for the full moons in 2024. The next full moon will be on Thursday, Oct. 17 at 7:26 a.m. EDT (1126 GMT. The moon will still appear full the night before and after its peak to ...

As the nights grow long and the temperatures cool in the Northern Hemisphere, a new moon famed for its brightness and orange hue will rise in the sky. The Harvest Moon, which has inspired no ...

It’s just a little guy, and not everyone agrees that it’s actually a mini-moon. By Robin George Andrews Robin George Andrews has written a book about the science of planetary defense ...

Earth will temporarily get a second moon next week when a tiny asteroid begins its two month orbit around the planet, though researchers say the space rock likely won’t be visible without the ...

The moon will then graze Earth's darker inner shadow, the umbra. Although only 8.4% of the lunar surface will recede into the umbra, according to NASA, this is the dramatic partial eclipse phase ...

A new mini-moon the size of a city bus has begun circling our planet and will continue hanging out in our skies until Thanksgiving week. An asteroid named 2024 PT5 has entered Earth's orbit ...