The full strawberry moon has already brightened the night sky over Connecticut this week, and there are some unique traits to make this one special. Low rider This week, the full moon is staying lower ...

Read on to learn more about the moon's orbit and how the major lunar standstill will affect the path of the Strawberry Moon ...

EarthSky explains: "If the moon orbited in the same plane as the ecliptic – Earth’s orbital plane – we would have a minimum of two eclipses every month. There’d be an eclipse of the moon ...

What is more, we know the Earth itself is tilted relative to the orbital plane – it’s why we have seasons. In fact, the intriguing thing is that the Moon’s orbit aligns much more closely ...

One might think that this should occur every month at Full Moon, but the Moon’s orbital plane is not exactly in line with the Earth’s plane around the Sun, so alignments occur less frequently.