Total Solar Eclipse: Minus One Week
Just a week before the “Great American Eclipse”, so are you excited? Or confused? Everyone knows a solar eclipse occurs when our moon slips between the Earth and the Sun. The Sun, Moon and Earth line up perfectly on Monday August 21! So perfectly...
August 21 Total Solar Eclipse
The countdown for the Total Solar Eclipse is nearly over! Before the fun and excitement, here is some information about the Great American Eclipse, plus a few tips for the upcoming event. The Great American Eclipse of 2017 A total solar eclipse is an astonishing sight...
Supermoon! Nov 14, 2016
What’s a Supermoon? Easy, it’s a moon that is so close to Earth that it appears bigger in the sky. So try to catch the moon on the nights of November 13 and 14! On Nov 14, 2016 the full moon will align with its perihelion. Astronomers call...Catch the Mega Moon!
Tomorrow Saturday March 18 the Moon will be closer to Earth than that it has been since 1993! The “supermoon” appears 14 percent larger and 30 percent brighter than lesser full Moons (as always this is with weather permitting). A casual observer probably...