I gazed up at the full moon, hanging low and bright oe’r the trees last night, warm and inviting on that August night. August’s full moon is known as a “Sturgeon Moon” The August 2025 Full Sturgeon Supermoon is still low in the southeast over two and half hours after its rising at 8:05 PM,[…]
The storm broke, the clouds began to part The Hour was late, Spica was o’er the balmy moon, …………………this sight, ………………………warm and inviting on this summer’s night ………………… The binoculars were in hand and the small telescope nigh T’was unmistakable from afar, the star, blue and white, …………………the moon also, so it seemed, closer at[…]
The Summer Solstice, 2025 The 2025 Summer Solstice, the Astronomical beginning of summer and the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, occurs this year on Friday, June 20, 2025 at 10:42 pm EDT (Saturday, June 21, 2025, 2:42 UTC). By contrast, our friends in the Southern Hemisphere experience the exact opposite; for[…]
July 2024 Full Buck moon passing the meridian at 04:48, UTC (00:48 EDT) on July 21. Note: the “Tea Pot” of Sagittarius directly to the west of the moon. Image via Stellarium. The full moon for this month occurs on Sunday, July 21. According to lore, July’s full moon is also known as a “Full[…]
The last supermoon for the year occurs tonight, Thursday, August 11th. Why is August’s full moon known as a “Sturgeon Moon”? The August 2022 Full Sturgeon Supermoon is still low in the southeast over two hours after its rising at 20:15 UTC (8:15 PM, EDT) on Thursday, August 11. Flanking the moon to the north[…]
July 2022 Full Buck Supermoon low in the southeast following its rising at 21:00 UT (9:00 PM, EDT) on July 13. Note: the brilliant ruby Antares is near the meridian with the “Tea Pot” of Sagittarius to the east. Image via Stellarium. The full moon for this month occurs on Wednesday, July 13. According to[…]
The full moon for April, 2021 occurs tonight, April 26. The full moon is a unique and interesting lunar phase for a variety of reasons. It always rises as the sun sets and is the only phase during which we can witness a lunar eclipse, the immersion of the moon into the earth’s shadow. As[…]
In this video, Dr. James Daly takes us on a tour of the early Autumn Sky, discussing the October Full Moon otherwise known as The Hunter’s Moon. These colloquial names for the full moon describe certain activities where the brilliant moon, high in the sky, would extend visibility and assist in the activity associated with[…]
In this video, Dr. Jim Daly of Astronomy For Change presents this year’s Full Harvest Moon, Friday, September 13, 2019 set against the late Sumer and early Autumn Sky. Dr. Daly discusses the origin, legend and lore behind the naming of each month’s full moon and why they are significant. With the full moon rising[…]
