Understand the moon phases and you can wager a pretty good guess for when the next full moon is just by looking up.

You can see a new moon when it crosses the face of the sun during a solar eclipse. New moons occur approximately once every month because that's roughly how long it takes for the moon to orbit Earth.

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 ...

On Saturday, March 29, 2025, a deep partial solar eclipse will be visible from the Northern Hemisphere. Although the moon's central shadow will miss Earth and there will be no totality ...

There are partial solar eclipses scheduled for March 29 and Sept. 21. There are total lunar eclipses scheduled for March 14 and Sept. 7. On March 14, the point of greatest eclipse will be just ...

Its shape (sometimes elongated, sometimes round) is determined by the Sun’s magnetic field and is linked to the sunspot cycle ... Partial Eclipse: A solar eclipse where the Moon covers only ...

The next full moon will occur on Wednesday, February 12 at 8:53 a.m. Eastern Time. The nickname comes from February usually ...

While a solar eclipse involves the moon passing between the sun and the Earth, casting a shadow across our planet, a lunar eclipse involves the Earth passing directly between the moon and the sun.

A total solar eclipse happens when the moon and sun overlap. The moon is able to cover the sun’s disc because, although the sun is about 400 times bigger than the moon, it is also about 400 ...

Chicago will soon have one of its best opportunities in decades to experience a total lunar eclipse. Come the night of March 13th, a "blood moon" will be visible as the astronomical event takes ...