As of Saturday, Nov. 1, the moon phase is Waxing Gibbous. There will be 79% of the moon lit up tonight, according to NASA's Daily Moon Observation.

As of Wednesday, Oct. 29, the moon phase is First Quarter. There will be 49% of the moon lit up tonight, according to NASA's ...

March’s “worm moon” sets behind Rocca Calascio castle and village in L’Aquila, Italy. Photograph by Lorenzo Di Cola, NurPhoto/Getty Images Earth’s moon phases cycle from month to month, waning and ...

For centuries, people have blamed the full moon for stirring up madness. Folklore suggested that its glow could spark mania ...

The moniker harvest moon indicates that it’s the full moon event closest to the autumnal equinox, or the first day of fall. Historically, the moon’s bright light helped farmers complete their harvests ...

The first full moon of November is known as the beaver moon, and this year it is also the second of three consecutive ...

October's full Moon reaches peak illumination just before 1 a.m. on Oct. 7, but astronomy aficionados with earlier bedtimes don't need to wait up that late to see it happen. Due in part to a kind of ...

There are "blood," "super" and "blue" moons, and then there's the "black" moon. The "black moon," a rare phenomenon that occurs during a new moon phase of the lunar cycle, will occur this weekend. But ...

The Taurids meteor shower, which will peak in November but will be active starting on October 20, is another event that ...