Greg Redfern is a Space Reporter at WTOP News. He covers a range of topics within the realms of science and natural sciences, with a focus on astronomy, NASA, space travel, and aerospace innovations, including the International Space Station and satellites. Greg's insights and expertise have been featured in BLOX Digital, Rappahannock Media/InsideNoVa, and WTOP News.
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Look, up in the western sky! It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a really bright UFO! Actually, it is none of these.
Saturday night is the annual “ International Observe the Moon Night ,” where observers and lovers of the moon worldwide will be looking at the moon and sponsoring moon-watching events.
By: Greg Redfern
Astronomically speaking, fall arrives Sept. 22 at 8:05 p.m. Eastern. This is the date and time of the autumnal equinox , the precise moment when the sun is directly above the Earth's equator.
Let's hope for clear skies Saturday at sunset into Sunday night as people will want to see a favorite annual celestial event — a full harvest moon . The full harvest moon occurs at 12:49 a.m.
By: Greg Redfern
During October 2026, you can enjoy the ever-longer nights, such as fall constellations and the Andromeda galaxy that is best seen with binoculars.
Got binoculars? A telescope? If you do, haul them out early Tuesday morning to observe the three-day-old waning crescent moon occult — block our view — of Jupiter during daylight hours.
If the rocket launches from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on time, it will rise higher in the sky while the East Coast remains in darkness. This makes conditions excellent to see the brilliant rocket exhaust plume.
Let's hope for the forecast clear skies Sunday and Monday night stays true, as people will want to see the full hunter's moon.
Let’s hope for the forecast clear skies Sunday and Monday night stays true, as people will want to see the full hunter’s moon. Watch the full hunter’s moon
