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Follow the moon! Here’s why you need an EarthSky lunar calendar, the top tips for using it, and where you can order one.
Japanese moon lander SLIM - which set down sideways on the moon on January 20 - has survived its 2nd night on the moon. It has awoken and is transmitting data.
The Intuitive Machines IM-1 lunar lander - nicknamed Odie - landed on the moon February 22, 2024. Sadly, on Thursday, February 29, Odie powered down. But it may revive after the lunar night.
The reason the 2024 Lunar New Year falls so late is the date of new moon and how it aligns with spring in the Chinese calendar.
The Lunar New Year falls on February 10, 2024 (in Asia). It coincides with the date of new moon and signals the start of the Year of the Dragon.
Peregrine was meant to be the 1st commercial lunar lander. Then controllers noticed a fuel leak. Yesterday, the spacecraft came home, making a fiery Earth reentry.
A shallow partial lunar eclipse takes place on October 28, 2023, visible in Europe, Africa, most of Asia and western Australia. Jupiter is the bright object nearby. Maps and details here.
Lunar X and Lunar V are optical features on the moon, visible through a telescope for several hours around the time of the 1st quarter moon.
A study found that when businesses close for a week and people travel to rural areas for the Lunar New Year, temperatures in large Chinese cities drop.
Mars calendar year 37 begins on December 26, 2022. If you’re looking for a reason to celebrate, here’s to a Happy New Year ... on Mars.
Photos of the total lunar eclipse on November 8, 2022, from the wonderful EarthSky community! Thanks to all who submitted photos.
A total lunar eclipse is coming up on the morning of November 8, 2022. Here are some tips for watching and enjoying the eclipse.
Tuesday, November 8, 2022, will bring the 1st Election Day total lunar eclipse in U.S. history. It won't happen again until November 8, 2394.
One side of the moon always faces Earth. Even so, over time, it's possible to see as much as 59% of the moon's surface, due to lunar libration.
Eliot Herman in Tucson, Arizona, took an incredibly rare moon halo photo during the partial lunar eclipse on November 19, 2021.
A selection of lunar eclipse photos from the EarthSky Community. Did you see it? It was a deep partial eclipse ... almost total!
A partial lunar eclipse occurs on November 19, 2021. It will reach the Americas, North Europe, eastern Asia, Australia, and the Pacific.
The partial lunar eclipse on November 19, 2021, will be the longest since the 15th century, around the time Machu Picchu was being built.
Astronomers at the University of Arizona say that a peculiar near-Earth asteroid may actually be a lost piece of the moon that broke off in the ancient past.
Happy Julian New Year! January 13, 2021, marks the last day of the year in the old-style Julian calendar. Why, and what happened when the calendars switched.
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