There will be a new moon on Sunday, April 27, but there's something slightly different about this one — it's a supermoon.

King tides occur when the moon is the closest to the Earth in orbit and aligned with the Earth and sun. They are also the ...

An astral animated TED-Ed lesson written by Elise Cutts explains how the tides on Earth are impacted both by the sun and the moon.

See what moon phase it is tonight and find out when you can see the rest of the moon phases for 2025. Today, April 26, 2025, the moon is 28 days old and is in the New Moon phase of its lunar cycle.

The next full moon is at 12:56 pm EST on Monday, May 12 and is known as the Flower Moon. Here is a look at all the full moons ...

Why is there sometimes a lag of up to several hours between the arrival of the moon overhead and the arrival of high tide? Why do the biggest tides happen when the moon is full? And why is it that ...

BUTTERWORTH: One of Penang's most critical waterworks upgrades is being delayed by an unexpected factor – the moon.

"The ocean is bulging along the Earth-moon line in the same way that a blister or pimple will bulge up if you start to squeeze it from the side[s]." These high-tide bulges stay put as the Earth ...

The size of the high and low tides change over the month. During a full moon or a new moon the difference between the high and low tide is at its greatest. This is because when the Earth ...

Get your cameras ready! Extreme high tides will return to Rhode Island coastlines on Saturday, April 26, at 7:33 p.m. The ...

The oceans that are closest and furthest away from the moon bulge at the same time - creating high tide in those areas. As the moon moves around the earth, its gravity raises and lowers our sea ...