This diagram shows how the Moon appears to change shape as it orbits (circles) the Earth due to which part of it is facing the Sun. When the lit area of the Moon we see is getting bigger each day ...

The first full moon of 2025 is nearly here. Dubbed the "wolf moon" for its connection to wolves calling on those long January ...

Today, Feb. 4, 2025, the moon is 6 days old, in the waxing crescent ... angles of its illumination by the sun. As it orbits Earth, the moon will show different illuminated parts based on the ...

The Earth and Moon system we see today was formed when Theia, an ancient planet about the size of Mars, collided with Earth ...