A full moon, dubbed the strawberry moon, lit up the night sky this week, creating countless photo opportunities of the stunning night sky.

For terrestrial images of the moon, it does not matter if you are taking images from a dark sky or a light-polluted area. But naturally, dark-sky places lend themselves to a more natural scene.

“There is no dark side of the moon, really. Matter of fact, it’s all dark.” —Pink Floyd With my apologies to Roger Waters, who wrote those lyrics, there is a dark side of the moon. And ...

In a series of images taken by NASA's Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) on July 16, the so-called dark side of the moon is fully illuminated as the moon crosses between the camera and Earth.

NASA unexpectedly lost communication with Orion early Wednesday morning, but it was resolved 47 minutes later. Prior to going dark, the capsule beamed back close-up shots of the moon.

May’s full moon, known by its popular nickname as the flower moon to signify the many blossoms of spring, will be bright in the sky on Sunday night — despite it being a “micromoon.” The ...

A lunar day and night both last for around two weeks. As the Moon rotates and orbits around the Earth at the same speed, it means that humans looking up at the night sky will always see the same side ...

The moon will reach its peak and become full visible at 3:45 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, June 11, but the best time so see it will be as it rises on June 10, according to LiveScience.com.

May’s full moon, known by its popular nickname as the flower moon to signify the many blossoms of spring, will be bright in the sky on Sunday night — despite it being a “micromoon.” ...