The skies lighted up Tuesday night with a double lunar phenomenon: the harvest supermoon and a partial lunar eclipse. Supermoons are full moons that appear larger because they happen roughly in tandem with the lunar orbit’s closest approach to Earth, known as perigee. Tuesday’s supermoon was a harvest supermoon because it was the full moon that appeared closest to the …
Skywatchers are in for a celestial delight as August arrives with not one but two full moons, both of which are supermoons. Following a weekend of meteor showers, Tuesday, August 1st, will bring the first of these dazzling lunar displays, known as the sturgeon moon. The supermoon phenomenon makes it slightly larger and brighter than a typical full moon, creating …
