NASA's CAPSTONE mini-spacecraft recently marked its 100th trip around the moon in near-rectilinear halo orbit (NRHO). The agency has just granted CAPSTONE a mission extension after operating in ...
The Full Moon rises around noon and sets at about midnight, according to NASA. That means it will appear high in the sky in the evening, making it an excellent time for lunar viewing, the agency ...
The distances range from about 226,000 miles and 251,000 miles, according to NASA. When the moon is hovering around one of those closer distances during a full moon, it becomes a supermoon.