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 lunar cycle. Here's how.

This page was updated on Dec. 22, 2023. What is the moon phase today? Tonight, Dec. 22, 2023, the moon is at the Waxing Gibbous phase of its lunar cycle, and is 80% illuminated.The moon is 10 days ...

On the diagram above, the moon is lined up on a node. ... The total solar eclipse has 10 distinct phases, each with different amounts of the sun visible from the ground level.