NASA Explains the Harvest Moon

In the northern hemisphere the Harvest Moon will appear later this week. This is the full moon that is closest to the northern autumnal equi...

Moon Phases, Tides, and Oreo Cookies

In a recent post by Ryann Warlick I saw a nice infographic that features Oreo cookies being used to explain the phases of the moon . That i...

Moon Phases and The Inner Solar System

Earlier this week Danny Nicholson posted a neat video of the 2013 moon phases animated . That video uses the same graphics that were used i...