It was colder than ever now, but the sky had cleared, and a bright moon had emerged from the clouds, cold and white in a pool of indigo sky right above the garden.

NEWYORKER: The Cold Outside

Under a bright full moon, dozens of young, unmarried village women gather in a circle, join hands and sing and dance all night under the direction of a lead singer.

UNESCO: Culture

Terry Moseley of the association said the dusty remains of comets which collide with the Earth at tremendous speeds can produce brilliant flashes almost as bright as the moon.

BBC: Stargazers promised meteor show

It was getting dark, but the moon was bright enough for me to see two very wide, deep tire tracks in the sand, leading all the way back up to the main road.

NEWYORKER: Swimming

It made for quite a show, producing a fireball as bright as a full moon and spurring more than 630 visual reports to be submitted to the American Meteor Society, as it soared southwest into the Atlantic Ocean.

CNN: Meteor lights up East Coast -- and social media

Just right when I got into my foxhole, I could look out and see that old moon shining so very bright.

CNN: Mystery surrounds missing World War II love letters

The moon, a giant balloon filled with bright film lights, will ascend into the sky above College Green each evening from Thursday until Sunday.

BBC: Fake moon in Bristol sky for IBT13 festival

Weiszbrod drives us slowly up the switchbacks of 9, 000-foot Kimball Mountain under a starry sky and a waning moon that is just past full, a bright thumb with a dirty fingernail.

FORBES: Hat Trick at High Lonesome