or "gibbous," shape until it reaches the full moon stage. Then it will repeat the steps in reverse as it heads back to a new moon. You can see what today's moon phase is here with the embedded ...

This means we see the Moon’s phases from Earth as different shapes. Waxing crescent Moon – less than half of the visible surface is illuminated (starts as a thin, curved sliver) and getting ...

The striking X mark on the moon, which requires a certain amount of luck to be spotted, will be visible for around four hours ...

The moon, our closest celestial neighbor, has been a source of wonder, inspiration, and mystery for centuries. Its phases—waxing, waning, full, and new—are more than just a mesmerizing light ...

The Lunar X, sometimes called the Werner X, appears when the Moon orbits Earth. Sunlight hits its craters and mountains at ...

Luna skims by Mercury, Venus, Uranus, Neptune, and Jupiter as it grows from a thin crescent to just past First Quarter in the ...

The second full moon of the year − appropriately called the snow moon − will reach its peak Wednesday evening.

As the moon moves through its various stages, it experiences several phases of partial light. These range from a banana-shaped crescent moon, a D-shaped quarter moon and a nearly full gibbous moon.