On April 27, the moon blocked 23 percent of the sun in a partial eclipse, but it was not possible to see this from Earth.

When the moon is within the darkest part of Earth’s shadow, called the umbra, it takes on a reddish hue, which has led to the nickname “blood moon” for a lunar eclipse, according to NASA.

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it was a blood moon, and in April, people will get to see a pink moon. This month, the full moon happen when the moon is at its farthest point from Earth, according to the Farmer's Almanac.

Despite orbiting Earth, the moon is on an elliptical orbit with a far point (the apogee) and a close point, called the perigee by astronomers, according to NASA. Unlike the orange-red Blood Moons ...

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Earlier this month, when I learned that a blood moon might be at its best in the middle of the night, I didn’t have to set my alarm clock for the viewing. As a man of a certain age, I usually ...

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Though there won't be a lunar eclipse this month, April's full "Pink Moon" has some special features of its own.

Over time, it cooled and clumped into a single massive body—the moon. That impact didn’t just create a satellite; it helped define Earth’s structure, tilt, and rotation. Clues about this ...