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The Harvest Moon is the full moon closest to the fall equinox, and the Hunter's Moon follows. October's moon might also be called the Falling Leaves Moon, the Drying Rice Moon, or the Freezing or ...
Tonight's full moon will be an especially bright and large-looking supermoon — the last of 2024. ... called the radiant. They range in size from dust-like particles to boulder size. ...
The Harvest Moon is the full moon closest to the fall equinox, and the Hunter's Moon follows. October's moon might also be called the Falling Leaves Moon, the Drying Rice Moon, or the Freezing or ...
A waxing gibbous Moon, rising over mountains with coniferous trees. The Moon's position relative to Earth and the Sun determines the moonrise and moonset time. For example, a last quarter rises at midnight and sets at noon. [5] A waning gibbous is best seen from late night to early morning. [6]
The moon will gradually become more visible in the coming days, reaching its first-quarter stage by Jan. 6 and becoming a full moon by Jan. 13, according to NASA.
A supermoon rises over the Eugene south hills July 2, 2023 — well 99.9% of one anyway — as the first of four supermoons for 2023 makes an appearance tonight.
The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It orbits at an average distance of 384,400 km (238,900 mi), about 30 times the diameter of Earth. Tidal forces between Earth and the Moon have synchronized the Moon's orbital period (lunar month) with its rotation period at 29.5 Earth days, causing the same side of the Moon to always face Earth.
The Moon then wanes as it passes through the gibbous moon, third-quarter moon, and crescent moon phases, before returning back to new moon. The terms old moon and new moon are not interchangeable. The "old moon" is a waning sliver (which eventually becomes undetectable to the naked eye) until the moment it aligns with the Sun and begins to wax ...