Why is totality longer? By a cosmic stroke of luck, the moon will make the month’s closest approach to Earth the day before the total solar eclipse. That puts the moon just 223,000 miles ...

That means the moon's path through the sky intersects the sun twice in each orbit—each month—but it must be at its new or full phase to cause a solar or a lunar eclipse. This scenario happens ...

Want to see lunar eclipses up close ... And sometimes — once in a blue moon — the moon is full twice in a month (or four times in a season, depending on which definition you prefer).

The new moon occurs on Nov. 1, and three days later the moon will make a close pass to Venus in the evening sky.

The Moon-Enabled Solar Occultation Mission (MESOM) will fly on a trajectory that will allow it to experience total eclipses every lunar month, rather than once every 18 months. On Earth ...

Exactly 89 days after this month’s new moon on Thursday, January 11 a total solar eclipse will occur across North America. However, this month’s new moon is the biggest “solar eclipse miss ...

With a partial lunar eclipse is on the horizon, here’s what you can expect, according to an expert astrologer. A partial lunar eclipse is coming our way in September, and it may mark a shift in ...