The Harvest moon is the full moon that occurs closest to the start of autumn. Fall is right around the corner, and soon the sky will put on a spectacular show to welcome the cozy season ahead.

There are a couple of reasons to check out the upcoming harvest moon. First, it's a supermoon, meaning it will appear slightly bigger and brighter in the night sky than a typical full moon.

The autumn stars are moving in, and so is autumn itself. But September has only one big story this year: the moon. A warm-up to the show happens the morning of the 10th, when a waning crescent ...

People across Japan were treated to a full moon during the mid-autumn festival on Sept. 21 for the first time in eight years. The moon that rises on Aug. 15 on the lunar calendar, equivalent to Sept.

Around the time of the September equinox, the days shorten at their fastest clip and the night reasserts its dominance of the northern sky. This year the equinox arrives at 2:50 a.m. on the 23rd.