Supermoon

What to Know About Wednesday’s ‘Super Blue Moon’

The supermoon is the second this month after August 1’s "Sturgeon Moon."

August’s Supermoon Duo Begins with Tuesday’s ‘Sturgeon Moon’

The month presents a rare celestial double feature: two full supermoons—a spectacle unseen since 2018 and not recurring until 2037.

‘Super Blood Wolf Moon?’ Now We’re Just Making Shit Up

I will not stand for the normalization of pseudoscience.

Set a Reminder for the Biggest Space Events of the Year With Just a Click

Things may not go the way you plan in 2018. Maybe you won’t get that promotion, or stick to your New Year’s resolutions but the universe will keep ticking away like a finely tuned clock. The first day of the year will kick off with the “biggest full moon of 2018,” and many other huge…

You Should Look at The Moon

This weekend, for the several billionth or so time in Earth’s history, the Moon will be in the part of its orbit around Earth where it’s a little closer, 16,000 miles closer than usual, and it looks a teeny amount larger. By this point, this so-called “supermoon” is a fairly cliched but certainly hyped piece…

Our Favorite Photos of This Week’s Epic Supermoon

Last night, photographers around the world turned their cameras to the sky to capture the closest full moon—also known as a supermoon—since 1948. We’ve scoured the web to bring you some of our favorite photos of the celestial event that took our minds off the current state of world affairs for a few blissful minutes.…

NASA’s Tips for Shooting the Supermoon Tonight

Tonight is your chance to see the closest “supermoon” that anyone on Earth has experienced in almost 69 years. That means amateurs and pros alike should be pulling out their photography equipment to get that once in a lifetime shot. https://gizmodo.com/get-ready-for-the-supermoon-of-a-lifetime-1788584842 If you don’t know why this supermoon is a topic of interest, you can…

Get Ready for the Supermoon of a Lifetime

Entire lifetimes have come and gone without the moon looking quite as large as it will this month. On November 14th, skygazers will witness the closest full moon, or “supermoon,” of 2016. But more excitingly, it’ll be the closest full moon since 1948—and we won’t get another one like it until 2034. The reason the…

After the Supermoon, Comes the Supertide

Many locations along the UK, US and Australian coasts will experience their highest tides for tens of years around September 29 or 30. Coastal roads in Miami, for instance, have already been closed in anticipation of exceptional tides. These high tides may bring water levels uncomfortably close to the tops of harbour walks and flood…

Blood Moon over Vancouver | Here’s our favorite picture of last night’s Supermoon Eclipse, showing all the lights of Vancouver, with the red moon hanging over them. Photo by The Kaigan. Contact the author at [email protected] and follow her on Twitter @Charliejane

Here Are the Best Images of Last Night’s Supermoon Eclipse

Last night the world was lucky enough to see a supermoon lunar eclipse. Hopefully you got to see it in person—but if not, here are some of the best pictures so far of the stellar spectacle. As Ria at io9 explained yesterday, a supermoon eclipse is a simple yet rare event: A “Supermoon” is simply…

Open Channel: Blood-Red, Supermoon Eclipse Edition 

So, tonight is the big #superbloodmooneclipse event that happens only every couple of decades. The next time this event will happen? 2033. Staying up tonight? Share your pictures and thoughts in the comments tonight!

The Supermoon Eclipse Is This Weekend and Here’s How to Watch It

Got plans for the weekend? You do now, friend! There’s a Supermoon Eclipse on Sunday night into Monday morning—and we’re all going to watch it. Here’s how, when, and also why to catch the Supermoon Lunar Eclipse. Top image: A lunar eclipse (though not a Supermoon Eclipse, yet…) Bill Ingalls / NASA What’s a Supermoon…

Here’s NASA’s Animated Supermoon Eclipse Primer

If you’re wondering about the mechanics behind why the Moon looks bigger than usual tonight, or what that has to do with a lunar eclipse, this quick NASA animation will explain the basics of tonight’s astronomical event. We call this a “supermoon,” but it’s actually a pretty simple optical illusion. As you can see in…

Shooting Challenge: Super Lunar Eclipse

This Sunday, for the first time since 1982, the super moon will combine with the lunar eclipse. And for this week’s Shooting Challenge, we want you to photograph it. The Challenge Take a photograph of the super moon eclipse—use any technique you like. The Method Just so you’re aware, you’ll see the moon during the…

“Supertide” Creates Dramatic Temporary Island Off The Coast Of France

A rare “supertide” (caused by last night’s post-eclipse supermoon) briefly turned France’s Mont Saint-Michel into a completely encircled island. The historic site is located just off the coast of Normandy, and is usually linked to land via a bridge. Photo credit: AP

9 More Viral Photos That Are Totally Fake

The internet is an incredible place, often filled with beauty, wonder, and truth. It can also be a cesspool of lies. Today we have another installment in our ongoing series of photo debunkings. You may have seen these nine images swirling around the internet recently. But none of them are quite what they seem. 1)…

Hold a Perfectly Accurate Supermoon In the Palm of Your Hand

This LED lamp was designed by Nosigner and is based on the March 19th, 2011 Supermoon, where the moon appeared 14% bigger and 30% brighter. It’s also completely accurate to the actual moon. The design team of Nosigner created the lamp with data from the Japanese lunar orbiter Kaguya. [Bored Panda.es via Bored Panda]

This is exactly how big the supermoon is going to be tomorrow

Everyone’s talking about tomorrow’s supermoon—how big, bright, and beautiful it will be. It’s always the same. But how big is it going to be, exactly? This image shows how much the moon size varies in the sky from its perigee (it’s closest point to Earth) to its apogee (the furthest point from Earth.) On the…

21 Super Photos Of The Super Moon

Last Sunday marked the super-est of super moons we’ll have for another 20 years. Luckily, many of you brought your cameras out to immortalize the moment. Winner: Salem I’m on vacation in Salem, Massachusetts. By the time I could take pictures Sunday night clouds had moved in. So here is a picture from Saturday’s not…