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Pink Moon Tonight, But it’s Not Really Pink
The Full Moon in April is called a Pink Moon, but it is named after pink wildflowers that appear in North America in April every year. The Moon is not actually pink tonight. Moonrise in […]
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Season of the Hunter’s Moon: 99.5% Illuminated Moon Rise Tuesday, Full Moon Wednesday
The October full moon is usually known as the Hunter’s Moon, which follows almost one month after the Harvest Moon, which is defined as the full moon closest to the date of the autumnal equinox […]
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VIDEO at 97 Percent: Supermoon on March 9, 2020 Is the First of Three Supermoons in March, April and May 2020
Supermoon at 97 percent just as rain clouds arrive over Arlington Heights before dawn, changing a clear sky to a cloudy sky at about 5:00 a.m. Monday, March 9, 2020. Today’s Full Moon is a […]
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Super Blood Blue Moon Eclipse Photos January 31 2018
CBS 2 Meteorologist Ed Curran recaps this morning’s rare moon eclipse, which was best viewed in Los Angeles. Enjoy this collection of photos from the total lunar eclipse that occurred on January 31, 2018. The […]
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Supermoon Photos January 1, 2018: The Wolf Moon with a Greater Variety of Images Captured than Usual
A supermoon is a full moon or a new moon that approximately coincides with the closest distance that the Moon reaches to Earth in its elliptic orbit. The result is the Moon looking larger than […]
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October Harvest Moon in Chicagoland, Mostly Obscured, Rose 6:47 pm Thursday Night
The Harvest Moon is the closest full moon to the Fall Equinox, which occurred September 22, 2017. This year the full moon of October (10/5/2017; 13 days apart) was closer to the Fall Equinox than […]
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Full Moon Today: Moon Getting Some Attention During Moonrise and Moonset Wednesday/Thursday
Moonrise Wednesday October 4, 2017 was 6:14 pm (93°). Moonset Thursday October 5, 2017 was 6:29 am (270°). The Lunar Satellite goes Full Moon at 1:40 p.m. Thursday, October 5, 2017. Hello Moon! Awesome shot […]
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Christmas Full Moon Visible in Chicagoland; Clouds Moving In to Northern Illinois
Moon Phases for 2015 from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio The year 2015 brings the first Christmas full moon in 38 years and it will be the last until 2034. Known as […]
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Weather Forecast/Now We’re Talking: Highs Friday 65, Saturday 64, Sunday 67, Monday 72
As is often the case in a Chicago Spring, we’ll have warm temperatures Friday, but the pleasantries will be negated by high winds and increasing clouds Friday. It looks like Sunday and Monday are the […]