Check the skies carefully at 7:23 p.m. Saturday to see a variation of a full moon – a micromoon. It may look slightly smaller and dimmer and may be tricky to spot with the naked eye.

April 8, 2024: Southern Illinois plunged into darkness and onlookers offered a standing ovation for the last total solar eclipse the contiguous United States would see for the next two decades.

Multiple spacecraft captured the moon's shadow sweeping across North America at more than 1,500 mph during the 2024 total ...

A: Muskrats are common around the Chicago River system, particularly the branches. Downtown, they are a rarer sighting. The lunar eclipse nearly maximum. Nicholas Kriho photographed the lunar ...

Each year, there are at least four eclipses (two solar and two lunar), with the possibility of up to seven! These occur when the Sun, Moon, and Earth align in near-perfect geometry.

The moon hadn’t yet begun to blush, the spectacle that gives blood moons their memorable nickname. Blood moons happen during a lunar eclipse, when shadow and light conspire to rust the moon to ...

In 2025, India will experience two solar eclipses, one in March and another ... rays remain powerful even when partially covered by the Moon, and looking directly at it without protection can ...

In this case, it will be a partial eclipse, meaning the Moon will cover only a portion of the Sun ... For those unaware, solar and lunar eclipses closely follow each other, typically occurring within ...

On March 29, 2025, a celestial event will unfold as the Moon partially obscures the Sun, casting a shadow over parts of the Northern Hemisphere. Unlike a total solar eclipse, where the central part of ...

To produce this eclipse, the moon's shadow falls chiefly on the north ... we can get three eclipses (two partial solar eclipses flanking a total lunar one) occurring during the 29.53-day synodic ...

Just hit the Watch live button at the top of this page. A solar eclipse is when the Moon passes in front of the Sun, blocking its light. It's a special cosmic event where the Sun, Moon and Earth ...

A partial solar eclipse on March 29 will be visible from parts of North America. Here's how to safely view the cosmic event, even if you can't be there in person. Freelance writer Amanda C.