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 ...

Today, Jan. 29, 2025, the moon is 30 days old, in the New Moon phase ... 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 ...

En route to land on the moon, a spacecraft snapped views ... In the short clip below, a time-lapse shows the sun quickly eclipsed as Earth moves between our star and the spacecraft.

The next new moon will occur on Wednesday, Jan. 29 at 7:36 a.m. EDT (1236 GMT). A new moon occurs when the moon is directly between Earth and the sun ... to as "The old moon in the new moon's ...