Tag Archives: Blue Moon

The moon today took the whole world for a ride by going super. “Supermoon” was a delight for the skywatchers around the world, who captured the lunar sight in dazzling amateur astronomy photos. Twitter and Facebook has been abuzz with constant streams of photos of Supermoon being shared with friends and family. Because of a fluke of orbital timing, the ... Read More »

The moon is full at 12:28 p.m. today, rising over Baltimore at 4:38 p.m. As the third full moon since the autumn equinox, this one’s called the Long Night Moon, or the Moon Before Yule. But you could apply the same names to the next full moon, which occurs Dec. 21, just 15 hours BEFORE the winter solstice. As the ... Read More »