Legendary Harvest Moon On Night of September 29

Blue Moon on August 31, 2012

The First Full Moon of August

First of two August full moons falls on night of August 1, 2012, the second one is popularly called a Blue Moon and it will fall on August 31, 2012.



Full Moon shines from dusk till dawn on night of July 3

This July 2012 full moon presents the first full moon after the Summer Solstice. In North America, we often call this particular full moon the Buck Moon, Thunder Moon or Hay Moon.

How Special Is The May 5, 2012 Supermoon?

The full moon of May 5 , 2012 is the closest and largest full moon of this year.   Some will call it a supermoon. Astronomers call this sort of close full moon a perigee full moon.

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Perigee moon rises over Lake Ontario
at Humber Bay Park West, Toronto 20:28 Hrs.

April Full Moon on Easter Good Friday

For the Northern Hemisphere, this is the first full moon of springtime. We call it the Pink Moon or Easter Moon.