What is the moon phase today? Today, Jan. 9, 2025, the moon is 10 days old, in the waxing gibbous phase of its lunar cycle. It is 80% illuminated. Moon phases reveal the passage of time in the ...

The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun and the Moon. This alignment ensures the entire side of the Moon that faces us gleams under ...

Here are the dates for the full moons in 2025. The next full moon will be on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. It will officially reach its full moon phase at 5:27 P.M. EST (2227 GMT) but local moonrise ...

A night view of Mount Erek as the "Cold Moon" appears in the sky in Van, Turkiye on December 07, ... [+] 2022. (Photo by Ozkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) The twelfth and final full mo ...

December is coming to an end with a "black moon" on Monday night, Dec. 30, but those hoping to see the phenomenon will be out of luck. That's because a black moon is the term for the second new ...

Skywatchers looking for the last full moon of 2024 can look to the sky this weekend for a glimpse of the "cold moon," which will hit peak brightness just after 4 a.m. EST on Sunday morning.

The Moon is one of nature's wonders, but to photograph it successfully you first have to understand it. Although astrophotographers specializing in the Moon usually photograph it through a powerful ...

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The final full moon of 2024 will rise as far north as it ever does — a phenomenon that happens every 18.6 years called a "major lunar standstill." December's full moon, also known as the cold ...

Cold Moon 2024: December’s final Moon will showcase a rare major lunar standstill that occurs every 19 years. (AFP) Upcoming full moon of 2024 will take sky gazers by surprise as this time a ...

A new study suggests the moon is 4.51 billion years old, 100 million years older than previously thought. This revised age is based on the re-melting of lunar rocks due to Earth's gravitational ...