Diwali, the festival of lights, celebrates the victory of good over evil. It takes its name from the word deepavali, Sanskrit ...

It sounds like something out of a science-fiction movie. For the past couple of weeks, Earth's orbit has been home to a "mini-moon" the size of a city bus. The celestial object is more than just a ...

The most well-known full moon is likely the "Harvest Moon" which is the closest full moon to the Autumn Equinox, it can fall in either September or October. Joe Rao is Space.com's skywatching ...

The Hunter's Moon and the Harvest Moon are both full moons, but they occur in different months and have distinct associations rooted in traditional farming and hunting practices. The Harvest Moon ...

The “hunter’s moon” follows the “harvest moon,” a moon phase that signals the best time for harvesters to reap their crops.

A hunter's moon is the first full moon after a harvest moon, which lands around the autumnal equinox, per the Old Farmer's Almanac. Harvest moons occur in either September or October, and hunter ...

“It was stunning.” The Hunter’s Moon is the third of four consecutive supermoons this year, according to NASA. It follows the Harvest Moon in September and the Sturgeon Moon in Augus ...

The Hunter's Moon is a Supermoon because it occurs at perigee, the Moon's closest point to Earth. This is the third of four consecutive Supermoons, and it's set to be the brightest, though only by a ...

The hunter's moon is the first full moon after September's autumnal equinox-adjacent harvest moon. While the hunter's moon will reach its brightest at 7:26 a.m. ET, the moon will be below the ...

Sunset at Atlas and Hercules Craters from the Photographic Atlas of the Moon, by Robert Reeves. The moon is back in fashion, but how well do you know it? It's been over 55 years since Neil ...

If you are interested in Hindu mythology, there is a fascinating story behind the fading phase of the moon, known as Chandra's waxing and waning. In the Mahabharata, specifically in the Shalya ...