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What is a blue moon? - Royal Museums Greenwich
The last blue moon took place on 19 August 2024. What colour is a blue moon? Blue moons aren’t blue! Blue moons remain the same colour as any other full moon except in two rare cases: During a lunar eclipse, the Moon can turn blood red, lit only by the light bent around the Earth by its atmosphere onto the face of the Moon. As lunar eclipses ...

What are the names of full moons throughout the year?
What is a blue moon? The Moon completes 12 full cycles of its phases in about 354 days – which is 11 days short of a calendar year. Every two and a half years or so the difference adds up to an extra, 13th full moon occurring during the year and this relatively rare occurrence is sometimes referred to as a ‘blue moon’.

When is the next full Moon? - Royal Museums Greenwich
This is called a new Moon. If the Moon is on the opposite side of the Earth to the Sun, then the near side of the Moon will be fully lit: a full Moon. How often does a full Moon occur? A full Moon happens roughly every 29.5 days. This is the length of time it takes for the Moon to go through one whole lunar phase cycle.

The Moon: your questions answered - Royal Museums Greenwich
A blue moon, by folklore definition, is said to be the second full Moon of the month. However, researchers at Southwest Texas State University have been using historical documents to prove that a blue moon was really a term used by the Maine Farmers’ Almanac to indicate the presence of a 13th full Moon in a tropical year which usually had 12.

Why is the sky blue? | Royal Observatory - Royal Museums Greenwich
Violet and blue light have the shortest wavelengths and red light has the longest. Therefore, blue light is scattered more than red light and the sky appears blue during the day. When the Sun is low in the sky during sunrise and sunset, the light has to travel further through the Earth’s atmosphere.

Lunar eclipse guide: When and where to see in the UK
The Moon will rise above the horizon just in time for us to see this total lunar eclipse from the UK. The maximum will occur at 7.33pm BST from the UK, with the eclipse's actual maximum at 7.11pm when the Moon is below the horizon. The Moon will then gradually move out of Earth's umbra and penumbra until 9.55pm.

When is the winter solstice? - Royal Museums Greenwich
How common are blue moons in astronomical terms? 2025 guide to the night sky Find out what to see in the night sky in 2025 with the Royal Observatory's astronomy calendar

NASA's Artemis Moon Missions: all you need to know
Four astronauts will fly to the Moon on board Orion, where they will dock with Gateway in orbit around the Moon. The Human Landing System will be designed by SpaceX and will be a lunar-adapted version of its reusable rocket Starship. Starship will take two astronauts down to the Moon's South Pole, a region previously unvisited by humans.

How much does a ticket to space cost? - Royal Museums Greenwich
Blue Origin. Founded by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Blue Origin has ambitions to both launch paying travellers into space and have a lunar lander, Blue Moon, ready for 2024. The passenger vehicle being designed is a reusable New Shepard rocket with a passenger capsule at the top. Tickets will reportedly cost between $200,000 and $300,000. NASA

Space and astronomy highlights in 2025 - Royal Museums Greenwich
The Moon will rise above the horizon just in time for us to see this total lunar eclipse from the UK. The eclipse’s maximum will occur at 7.33 pm BST, as the eclipse's actual maximum at 7.11 pm happens when the Moon is below the horizon. The Moon will then gradually move out of Earth's shadow until 9.55 pm.

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