These changes in appearance are the phases of the moon. As the moon orbits Earth, it cycles through eight distinct phases. The four primary phases of the moon (new moon, first quarter, full moon ...

The phases exist because of how the moon orbits Earth. "Sunlight illuminates half the Earth and half the moon at all times," NASA says in an explainer. "But as the moon orbits around the Earth ...

Thanks to the Moon’s orbit around Earth, the angle of sunlight hitting the lunar surface and being reflected back to our planet changes. That creates different lunar phases. The next Full Moon ...

The Moon meets the Red Planet’s rival in Scorpius, skims close to Saturn, and reaches New phase in the sky this week.

Related: What Is Moon Water? Plus, How To Prepare It for a Full Moon A new moon is the direct opposite of a full moon. Where a full moon is when the moon shines the brightest, a new moon is completely ...

2025's first full moon will be the last of four consecutive supermoons, according to NASA. But it's a pretty eventful lunar ...

January's Wolf Moon was the highest hanging moon of 2025 in the Northern Hemisphere and stays in the sky longer than other ...

The Snow Moon, the second full moon of 2025, will light up Michigan skies in mid-February 2025. Here's what to know.

Late on March 13 and on into the early hours of March 14 the moon will turn a spooky red color in the skies above the U.S.

A research team from the University of Göttingen and the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) has discovered ...

It will officially reach its full moon phase at 8:53 a.m. EDT (1353 GMT ... Only when the moon, Earth and the sun are perfectly aligned is the moon 100% full. And sometimes — once in a blue ...