Friday, October 18, 2013

The penumbral eclipse of the Hunter’s Moon on October 18

A penumbral eclipse is a very, very subtle kind of eclipse.

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Harvest Moon 2013 中秋節快樂

The Harvest Moon is the full moon that falls the closest to autumnal equinox, which in 2013 comes on September 22


Wednesday, August 21, 2013

2013 August 21 A Seasonal Blue Moon

Most often, a season only has three full moons, so a Blue Moon by this definition only comes 7 times in 19 calendar years.   A season is defined as the period of time between a solstice (夏至) and an equinox (秋分), or vice versa. 



The moon is visible in orange color due to the light reflection from the evening sunset