As it travels, the Moon’s shape – or phase – alters as different amounts of its surface are lit up by the Sun’s rays, Nigel ...

Find out when the next full moon will light up the night sky. Discover its phases and mysteries with ExtremeTech’s guide.

The King of the Planets teams up with an exceedingly narrow crescent moon for the last time this year in the evening sky on ...

New Moon, waxing crescent, First Quarter, waxing gibbous, Full Moon, waning gibbous, Last Quarter, and waning crescent. A cycle starting from one Full Moon to its next counterpart, termed the ...

new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, third quarter and waning crescent. The pink moon will also be considered a “micromoon,” designated as such ...

It's 97% illuminated and almost at it's full moon phase, according to space.com. Waxing gibbous means the moon is more than half illuminated ... a waning crescent moon won't rise until almost ...

During that time, the moon goes through eight phases: new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, third quarter, and waning crescent. Essentially ...

April's full moon, known as the Pink Moon, will be a micromoon, appearing smaller than usual. The Lyrid meteor shower will peak April 21-22. A "smiley face" formed by the crescent moon ...