A supermoon occurs when a full or new moon falls during the closest point in the moon's orbit to Earth, NASA said. The full ...

The Moon, our constant celestial companion, is drifting away from Earth at a slow but measurable rate. According to a ...

As of Wednesday, Sept. 17, the moon phase is Waning Crescent, and it is 18% lit up to us on Earth, according to NASA's Daily ...

Learn more about tides and tidal bulge, and how they’re contributing to the moon drifting away.

Tides come from a difference in gravity across an object. The force of gravity exerted by the Moon is about 4% stronger on the side of Earth that faces toward the Moon, compared to the opposite side ...

As it spins around Earth, the moon is about to reach its closest point to the blue planet.

The moon looks bigger in the night sky because it is in perigee, or the point where the moon reaches its closest point to ...

This hasn't always been the case. If we take the current rate of recession and project it backwards, the Moon collides with ...

At its nearest, 2025 PN7 comes 186,000 miles (299,337 kilometres) from Earth. Its average distance is about 238,855 miles ...

In March 1968, the Soviet Union had a partial success with Zond 4. With this launch, they were able to take the spacecraft out to lunar distances (though not around the Moon) even if navigation system ...

Everyone who has ever lived on Earth has been well-aware of the moon, but it turns out Earth also has some frequent temporary ...