Understand the moon phases and you can wager a pretty good guess for when the next full moon is no matter where we are in the ...

Even to a casual viewer, the waxing gibbous moon of Feb. 7 will appear quite unusual, climbing so very high in the sky.

As the moon orbits Earth, it cycles through eight distinct phases ... the lunar phases have been the basis of the lunisolar calendar. However, it was difficult to establish the exact moment ...

The lunar calendar is based on moon cycles, so the dates of the celebration shift slightly each year. The slithery reptile is ...

The Lunar New Year is the most important holiday in China and many other Asian countries. Celebrations will last until mid-February.

Each year in the lunar cycle is associated with a particular ... according to the Chinese Language Institute. The lunar calendar, unlike the Gregorian calendar, uses the phases of the moon to ...

the Chinese New Year follows a lunar calendar based the moon's 12 phases. Each phase cycle spans approximately 29 days with the full calendar being about 354 days long. On the Gregorian calendar, ...

The lunar new year marks the first new moon of the lunar calendar, which this year rises on 29 January, kicking off ...

Each has its own attributes and characteristics. These 12 animals coincide with the lunar calendar in a 12-year cycle. In ...

The Chinese Lunar Calendar is a centuries-old system used to track time based on the moon’s cycles. Unlike the Gregorian calendar, which follows the solar year, the Chinese calendar is lunisolar ...

Before the Gregorian calendar used today, Roman King Numa Pompilius (715-673 BC) set about creating a way to sync the months with the lunar cycle. Doing that, writes Britannica, meant striking a ...

The 15th day of the first month on the Chinese lunar calendar marks the Lantern Festival. The moon is full in the sky, and families are reunited on Earth. This brings the story of "the lady Chang'e ...