Today, July 22, 2025, the moon is 27 days old and is in the Waning crescent phase of its lunar cycle. It is 5% illuminated.

As of Wednesday, July 23, the moon phase is Waning Crescent, and it is almost completely hidden to us on Earth. The moon will ...

The Earth is not casting a shadow on the Moon during these different phases. When Earth casts a shadow on the Moon, that is when we see an eclipse. There is an easy way to see how this works, too.

The next full moon will be on Saturday. Aug. 9. It will officially reach its full moon phase at 3:55 a.m. EDT (0755 GMT), but local moonrise times vary depending on location. The moon will still ...

The moon's cycle of phases doesn't match up exactly with our calendar dates on Earth, so the timing of full moons can shift. You'll get a full moon once during each 29.5-day cycle. Most years ...

Also notice that the edge of Earth's shadow projected on the moon is curved — visible evidence that Earth is a sphere (or, more precisely, an oblate spheroid), as deduced by Aristotle from lunar ...

The substantial difference is in the illumination percentage of the side facing the Earth. In the new moon phase, this percentage is 0% and becomes 100% at Full moon, about 14 days later.

The next full moon is Saturday, Aug. 9, and is sometimes called the Sturgeon Moon. It gets that name from when "The Great ...

Note: Moon phases in the calendar vary in size due to the distance from Earth and are shown at 0h Universal Time. Credit: Astronomy: Roen Kelly The moonrise and moonset schedule this week ...