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, 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 ...

An asteroid that orbited near Earth for a few months as a mini-moon may be a chunk of the moon that was blasted off by an impact thousands of years ago.