The opposite of a perigee, when the moon is at its farthest point, is called apogee. Perigee and apogee happen in each lunar ...

The myaamia traditional calendar, myaamia kiilhswaakani, observes the lunar cycle that follows the biological and seasonal cycles of any given year. These biological cycles are reflected in the month ...

Today, Nov. 14, 2024, the moon is 13 days old and is in the Waxing Gibbous phase of its lunar cycle. It is 96% illuminated. Moon phases reveal the passage of time in the night sky. Some nights ...

Tonight kicks off weekend of great sky gazing with a lasting full supermoon and a spectacular view of the Leonids meteor shower. Here's when to watch.

The full moon falls in the midpoint of the lunar cycle when the Earth is positioned directly between the sun and the moon. The moon takes about 30 days to orbit the Earth, which is the full lunary ...

This means that the Harvest Moon can occur in either September or October, depending on how the lunar cycle lines up with ...

Will Thanksgiving week get an extra spotlight on it? Here's when November's Beaver Moon will light up the sky across Florida.

Zoë Hannah is the games editor at Polygon, where she covers mobile games, Zelda, and indie games. She has about a decade of experience in journalism. Google’s famous doodles — the ...