The 18 May 2019 Blue Moon: online observation – 18 May 2019
Next May the 18th will bring us a so-called “Blue Moon“. Nothing to do with the color of the Moon, of course, just “an additional” one. For sure, it will put its usual great...
Earth and Stars / event / free / the Moon
Next May the 18th will bring us a so-called “Blue Moon“. Nothing to do with the color of the Moon, of course, just “an additional” one. For sure, it will put its usual great...
Once again, the 19 Apr. full Moon was a superb show above Rome at its rise. Nicknamed “pink” full Moon from the color of a flower very common in North America this time of the...
It it did again: the Supermoon made a superb show on the 20/21 Mar. 2019 night, when we were just crossing the Vernal Equinox. Once again, it was a tremendous opportunity to invite people...
Earth and Stars / event / free / the Moon
Next 20 Mar.2019, within very few hours, we will celebrate both the Vernal Equinox and the last Supermoon of 2019. This is a rare coincidence, adding something special to the show of one of...
The Supermoon was absolutely magic. This is the shortest way to describe its show last night, when we admired it from Rome, sharing the sight live with many thousands of people worldwide. While of...
Next 19 Feb. the SuperMoon will be back. We will have the largest full Moon of 2019, the year celebrating the 50th Anniversary from the Apollo 11 landing on the Moon. At Virtual Telescope...
With its light flooding the sky and covering everything else up there at night, the full Moon is not the best friend of an astronomer, unless it offers something unique. Living in Rome, this...
Earth and Stars / eclipse / event / free / the Moon
The recent, longest total lunar eclipse of the Century and planet Mars at its great opposition, admired above the legendary Colosseum in Rome, from the ancient Roman Forum on the Palatine Hill, set a...
Next 27 July 2018, the sky will offer us a unique view: a total lunar eclipse, with the Moon wearing its elegant, ruby dress and Mars, the red planet, at its most favorable observing...
Next 31 Jan., the Supermoon show will be back in the sky, but this time it will be very special. In fact, it will be also a so-called “Blue Moon”, as some people traditionally...
The New Year’s Supermoon started 2018 in a great way. We observed it from Rome, Italy, despite the clouds and could share it live with many thousands of people from all around the globe. At...
The sky will welcome the new year with the amazing show of the Supermoon, the largest of 2018. Our satellite will reach its minimum distance from the Earth (perigee) next 1 Jan., at 21:56...
We have been waiting for it and now it is over: the only 2017 full Supermoon has gone, putting its show up there, with millions and millions of curious people looking at it. We...
Next 3 Dec. 2017, one year after its last show, the Supermoon will be back again in the sky, being the only one visible in 2017. On that day, our beautiful Moon will be full...
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