The moon's orbit isn't a perfect circle. Instead, it's more stretched out, kind of like an oval, which means its distance from Earth varies by about 30,000 miles (48,000 km). The surface of the moon is rusting. It's turning redder as Earth's atmosphere ...

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March’s “worm moon” sets behind Rocca Calascio castle and village in L’Aquila, Italy. Photograph by Lorenzo Di Cola, NurPhoto/Getty Images Earth’s moon phases cycle from month to month, waning and waxing in its constant transformation from new ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at the first moon landing on July 20, 1969. The moon landing was watched by an estimated 600 million people around the world. July 20, 1969 – [4:17 p.m. EDT] Apollo 11 becomes the first manned spacecraft to land on the moon.

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. The full harvest moon — the first of fall in the Northern Hemisphere — will turn full on Monday, Oct. 6, but in ...