How Each Full Moon Got Its Name (and When to See Them)
This month’s hunter’s moon got me thinking about moon names, and wondering if the full moon in every month has its own name. Spoiler: It does. The name “harvest moon”…
When to See the Spooky Hunter’s Moon at Peak Brilliance This Month
Photo: AZP Worldwide (Shutterstock) Look to the sky on October 19 and 20 for a view of the Hunter’s Moon in its full glory. The moon will be nearly 100…
When to See the ‘Harvest Moon’ at Peak Brilliance This Month
Photo: Darkfoxelixir (Shutterstock) The full moon that occurs nearest to the autumnal equinox, which is coming up on Sept. 22—is nearly upon us. Which means, for all you infinity scarf…
From Honey to Vat Purnima: Here’s What the World Calls June Full Moon
The next full Moon, that most people on the planet will be able to watch on June 24 at 2:40pm EDT (June 25 at 12:10am IST) is known by different…
When to See the ‘Strawberry Moon,’ the Last Supermoon of 2021
Photo: Kresimir Rajakovic (Shutterstock) If you’re an avid stargazer, June alone has been a crowded month in an otherwise busy year of celestial events. A solar eclipse, a planetary conjunction,…
When to See This Month’s ‘Super Flower Blood Moon’
Photo: T.Luangpalud (Shutterstock) The next celestial event to light up the sky across the Northern Hemisphere has a name befitting its red-tinted hue: The Super Flower Blood Moon. No, that…
When to Watch This Month’s ‘Worm Moon’ at Its Peak Brilliance
Photo: Michael Andrew Just (Shutterstock) This year’s celestial calendar is in full swing, with the next visual treat primed to appear in the night sky on Sunday, March 28: the…
When to See February’s ‘Snow Moon’
Photo: Kotenko Oleksandr (Shutterstock) Winter in the U.S. has been brutal in 2021, as snow blanketed the entire eastern seaboard and icy conditions spread as far south as Texas, causing…
How to View Tonight’s Wolf Moon
Photo: zef art (Shutterstock) Tonight we’ll see the rise of the wolf moon, the first full moon of 2021. Oddly enough, peak illumination begins at 2:16 p.m., when the moon…