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Lunar Studies

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Snow Moon Glows Over UK After Weekend Peak

Observers highlighted its proximity to Regulus near the Beehive Cluster.

Snow Moon Peaks Sunday at 5:09 p.m. EST, With Rare Regulus Occultation to Follow

Cold Moon Caps 2025 With Final Supermoon Seen Around the World

Rare Supermoon Lights Night Sky, Closest and Brightest Since 2006

Last Supermoon of 2025 Peaks Overnight as Moon Reaches Near-Perigee

Cold Moon on Dec. 4 Will Be 2025’s Final Supermoon and the Highest in Northern Skies Until 2042

Closest Supermoon of the Year Lights Up Skies Wednesday Night Into Thursday Morning

Beaver Moon Will Be 2025’s Closest and Brightest Supermoon on Wednesday

Beaver Supermoon on Nov. 5 Will Be 2025’s Closest, Brightest Full Moon

Harvest Supermoon Opens Stretch of Consecutive Supermoons

First Supermoon of 2025 Peaks Before Dawn, Starting a Three-Moon Streak

First Supermoon of 2025 Peaks Before Dawn Over Italy on Oct. 7

Harvest Supermoon Peaks Tonight at 11:48 p.m. ET

October Night Sky: Saturn Takes the Evening Stage as Ceres, Comets and Orionids Highlight the Month

Total Lunar Eclipse to Turn Harvest Moon Red on September 7

NASA Accelerates Plan for 100 kW Lunar Nuclear Reactor by 2030

Luna del Ciervo Peaks in Spain and Mexico This July 10

Strawberry Moon Dazzles Germany with Rare Low-Horizon Display

June’s Strawberry Moon Appears at Record-Low Horizon in Rare Standstill

January’s Wolf Moon to Peak Monday with Rare Planetary Alignment