Understand the moon phases and you can wager a pretty good guess for when the next full moon is no matter where we are in the ...

Thanks to the Moon’s orbit around Earth, the angle of sunlight hitting the lunar surface and being reflected back to our planet changes. That creates different lunar phases. The next Full Moon ...

A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth moves directly between the sun and the full moon, casting its shadow across the ...

This means we see the Moon’s phases from Earth as different shapes. Waxing crescent Moon – less than half of the visible surface is illuminated (starts as a thin, curved sliver) and getting ...

Look up this week for February’s full snow moon and to catch the last glimpse of a visible parade of planets in the night sky ...

A new moon occurs when the moon is directly between Earth and the sun, with its shadowed side pointing towards us. You can see a new moon when it crosses the face of the sun during a solar eclipse.

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also applies to northern hemisphere mid-northern ...

The rise of the "Snow Moon" today sets in motion a lunar orbit that will result in a total lunar eclipse for North America on ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) – It’s a treat that occurs every month and for February, it’s the Full Snow Moon that lights up the night sky.

The snow moon will reach peak illumination on Feb. 12 at 6:53 a.m. ET/7:53 a.m. CT. Other names linked to February's full ...

The second full moon of the year − appropriately called the snow moon − will reach its peak Wednesday evening.

It will officially reach its full moon phase at 2:55 a.m. EDT (0755 GMT ... Only when the moon, Earth and the sun are perfectly aligned is the moon 100% full. And sometimes — once in a blue ...