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June's full 'Strawberry Moon' illuminates the night sky next week: Here's how to see it
This month's full moon phase will occur during the early hours of June 11 for viewers in New York, at 3:44 a.m. EDT (0744 GMT). The exact timing of the event will vary depending on your location on Earth, so be sure to check a trusted website such as TimeandDate.com for specifics about your locale.
I knew what I was actually seeing: the moon illusion. Anyone who has seen the moon (or the sun) near the horizon has experienced this effect. The moon looks enormous there, far larger than ...
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Two stunning conjunctions will light up the night sky this month. Here's how to see Mars and Mercury 'kiss' the moonThis month will usher in two separate conjunctions — one between the moon and a rarely-visible Mercury, and another between ...
As it travels, the Moon’s shape – or phase – alters as different amounts of its surface are lit up by the Sun’s rays, Nigel ...
Basically, it says that the Moon looks bigger near the horizon because of the way the brain misinterprets the sizes of objects when they share the same field of view. When the Moon is close to ...
If you’re in New Jersey (and searching the skies for the notorious drones) you may have been distracted by the moon hanging unusually low and glowing golden near the horizon. And though it’s ...
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