As of Saturday, Sept. 20, the moon phase is Waning Crescent, and it is only 2% lit up to us on Earth, according to NASA's ...

The moon is near new phase this week, and clearer skies and cooler overnight temperatures means that this is also an optimum ...

As of Friday, September 5, the moon phase is Waxing Gibbous, with 94% of its surface illuminated for observation from Earth, according to NASA's Daily Moon Observation. This phase provides an ...

From supermoons to meteor showers, Elizabeth Rizzini has your guide to what may delight in the autumn night skies.

As the cycle nears its end, the upcoming New Moon on September 21 will mark a fresh beginning, both in astronomical terms and in cultural interpretations of time and energy.

Earth’s moon phases cycle from month to month, waning and waxing in its constant transformation from new moon to full moon and back again. This lunar cycle happens in part because the moon does not ...

(Thumbnail image depicts the Full Corn Moon in the sky on the night of September 7, 2025, with the planet Saturn nearby (bottom left corner), as simulated by the Stellarium planetarium software.) ...

Waning Crescent: A thin sliver of light remains on the left side before the cycle restarts.

An image of a full moon. - Photo by Omer Tarsuslu/Anadolu via Getty Images As we approach the Full Moon, each night the moon will appear bigger and brighter, but after the Full Moon passes, it will ...