The next full moon is Saturday, Aug. 9, and is sometimes called the Sturgeon Moon. It gets that name from when "The Great ...

The luteal phase of the menstrual cycle happens right after ovulation. Learn more about symptoms, how long it lasts, and how ...

Today, July 6, 2025, the moon is 11 days old and is in the Waxing Gibbous phase of its lunar cycle. It is 83% illuminated.

The Moon's orbit around Earth isn't perfectly circular or on the same plane as Earth's orbit around the Sun. Different ways to measure the Moon's cycle exist (synodic, sidereal, draconic months).

Half of the moon will be illuminated as it reaches its first quarter phase on Monday, June 2. The first quarter phase marks the quarter point on the moon's monthly journey, according to NASA.

The Weather Channel reports that the Earth’s moon is moving further away from our planet, albeit at an extremely slow pace.

Over the past few years, a curious fad has swept New Zealand—teaching by the phase of the Moon by using the Māori Lunar Calendar. Māori are the indigenous people of New Zealand, and their ...

Each phase left behind chemical fingerprints locked in ancient rock. The Moon’s Origin: Clues from a Colossal Collision The moon’s birth still sparks debate among scientists.

Probably the best-known phase is the “full moon,” when the largest surface of the moon is brightly illuminated from Earth’s perspective.

Two years of GPS-tracking data were used by Mississippi State University Deer Lab researchers to determine if the moon affects buck movement.