As of Tuesday, Nov. 25, the moon phase is Waxing Crescent. This means 24% of the moon is lit up tonight, according to NASA's ...

Today, Nov. 22, 2025, the moon is 2 days old and is in the Waxing Crescent phase of its lunar cycle. It is 5% illuminated.

During such a busy stretch for stargazing, it can be hard to keep track of all that’s happening in the solar system, including what we can see from our backyards. On Monday night, Aug. 11, the moon ...

Ever wonder why the moon looks different every night? Well, that's because of a thing called the lunar cycle. This is a recurring series of eight unique phases of the moon's visibility. The whole ...

The sun's gravity will pull the moon farther away from Earth than it's been in over five years on Nov. 19, though it'll be ...

The moon is still very small in our skies tonight, but it won't be long before it's full and bright again. It's currently working its way through the lunar cycle, and we're only on day two, so we've ...

The moon is shining nice and bright tonight, so let's take a look at what we can see tonight, day 10 of the lunar cycle. The lunar cycle is a series of eight phases of the moon. NASA explains that ...

Join us on a guided tour of August's moon through all four major lunar phases. The ever-shifting phases of Earth's moon present a wealth of targets for amateur astronomers to explore, ranging from ...

Moon phases reveal the passage of time in the night sky. Some nights when we look up at the moon, it is full and bright; sometimes it is just a sliver of silvery light. These changes in appearance are ...

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