These interesting facts about the moon might make you look at the night sky a little differently Unusual moon facts worth ...

Heads up, skywatchers: The supermoon this week, Oct. 17, is the closest moon's orbit to Earth this year ... early settlers in the Northern Hemisphere called this full moon the Hunter’s ...

The only problem is that no one on Earth will be able to see it. However, this close-up occurs during the least favorable time because it occurs during a new Moon, when 0% of our only satellite ...

You might’ve seen a second so-called “moon” has recently ... At least five times further from Earth than our true moon at its closest approach, the asteroid is much too tiny to be seen ...

When the moon is within the darkest part of Earth’s shadow, called the umbra, it takes on a reddish hue, which has led to the nickname “blood moon” for a lunar eclipse, according to NASA.

The sky will have a new cosmic visitor this fall: A second moon will ... to a group called Arjuna asteroids, which have orbits similar to Earth's. Because it will come close to Earth at a ...

This is called a conjunction or syzygy." Supermoons occur when full moons coincide "with the moon being at the point in its orbit closest to Earth, called Perigee," according to Space.com.