It’s stunning this evening. It’s definitely very moony out there.
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Yes! Just coming back from a short walk. I also haven’t seen the stars for a while.
Should be out watching tonight folks. Supermoon.
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Currently being covered over by clouds coming over the Jura. Bummer, it was looking good.
Clear skies for many nights here, and an early rising, coming over the big mountains soon. I saw it at 5 this morning–very bright, just before setting.
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It was up above the mountains this morning. As the sun hit the mountains, the moon hung right over the most dramatically-shaped one. People were stopped on the streets taking pictures of it!
Just after midnight on Thursday night/Friday morning, the Cold Moon super moon will rise. It will be the last super moon of the year, and the skies should be clear-- at least up here in the hinterlands. Unfortunately, rain is predicted for much of CH. Time to plan a getaway?
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We’ve had many nights of a bright moon now waning, but the next two nights (13-14) will be clear enough to see the Geminid meteor shower peak:
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I missed posting the January full moon for personal reasons. Tomorrow night we’ll see the Snow Moon shining bright on all the white fields and mountains, as clear skies are forecast.
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If you’re awake at around 1 a.m. on Wednesday morning, you’ll see the Worm Moon rise and shine. It should be very clear here, but we will not be graced with the total- eclipse copper-coloured “blood moon” that North American will see. I was digging holes for finished hyacinths yesterday, and even here in the frozen north there were many active worms in the soil.
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If you are up very early on Thursday, you can see the Pink Moon rise. After this week’s “back to winter” theme, we should have clear skies but still very cold. The lovely Ursula’s huge cherry tree has arrested development.
https://theskylive.com/full-moon-april-2026
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Early tomorrow evening the Flower Moon rises…and boy, is she rightly named! Lilacs, parrot tulips, fragrant narcissus, daisies, tree peonies, and rhodies all blooming now. This month we are blessed with a blue moon, also, on May 31. If you want to know the exact rising times, there is a link in the article to the Sky Tonight app.
Don’t forget to look for the blue moon tomorrow night, which is also the smallest moon of 2026. It rose over the mountains tonight looking bright and beautiful, micro or not. Too bad Elon isn’t on the NASA flight planned.
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Just took a look from the balcony 
The Strawberry Moon is back again, this time at about 1 a.m. on the morning of the 30th. Its rise should be particularly beautiful, if we can see past the thunderstorms. We have wild Alpine strawberries (volunteer) as groundcover in our front garden, and they are covered with berries.
https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/moon/strawberry.html
I hope the bucks aren’t too confused by this weather to grow their new antlers–all this heat must be very stressful to wildlife. The Buck Moon rises in the late afternoon on Wednesday, so we’ll have to wait until dark to see it, but last night it was lovely dancing in and out of the clouds. Look for the Perseids to reach their height around August 13; hope we have clear skies!
Perseid meteor shower 2026 | BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Edit–It just rose above the mountain tops, golden and beautiful!
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Meteor showers peak tonight–the Alpha Capricornid shower (slow fireballs at 5 per hour) and the Delta Aquariids (max. 25 per hour). It should be a clear sky here, and I can’t sleep anyway. Last night bottomed out at 17C, but tonight will be tropical.
I can’t take credit for the photos as hubby is the photographer in the family.
This was in Neuchatel last night, I guess it’s the buck moon.
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Very nice. Some more here.