These changes in appearance are the phases of the moon. As the moon orbits Earth, it cycles through eight distinct phases. The four primary phases of the moon (new moon, first quarter, full moon ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Due in part to a phenomenon called lunar libration, the Moon appears full for a day or so before and after its official peak—which means that here on Earth ... the lunar phase cycle is 29.5 ...

Venus will have a magnitude of -4.8, which is bright enough to cast shadows on Earth. Magnitude is the ... Catch it on Feb. 12 The next full moon will happen on Feb. 12. Known as the snow moon, it ...

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 ...