The brightest moon of the year is set to light up our skies this week – and will look a lot bigger than usual. The full moon in October is not only a so-called “harvest moon” but also a “supermoon” and the first of three upcoming supermoons before the end of the year. On the…
The night skies are set to dazzle astronomy enthusiasts this week as the first supermoon of 2025, also known as the Harvest Moon or Harvest Supermoon, rises across the United States and the United Kingdom. Scheduled for Monday, October 6, in the US and Tuesday, October 7, in the UK, the full moon promises to…
The buck moon will rise in British skies on Thursday, and it should be a spectacular orange sight. Like last month’s full moon, it will be low in the sky, due to last December’s ‘major lunar standstill’, an event that occurs roughly every 18 years and means the moon reaches its most extreme positions on…