Moon Phases

Sky & Astronomy

The full moon in January 2024 occurs on Saturday, January 27, reaching peak fullness at 04:26 UTC (Coordinated Universal Time). For North American time zones, this translates to...

astrology

A new moon occurs when the Moon is positioned between Earth and the Sun, with its illuminated hemisphere facing away from us. In astrology, this phase represents beginnings, int...

astrology

A blood moon is the reddish appearance of the Moon during a total lunar eclipse, when Earth blocks direct sunlight and bends a portion of the Sun’s light through its atmospher...

Science and Space

The lunar moon cycle is the repeating pattern of changes in the Moon’s appearance as seen from Earth, driven by the shifting angles of the Sun, Moon, and Earth. On average, th...

science

The Moon appears to change shape across the month because of its changing angles to the Sun and Earth, not because of Earth’s shadow. As the Moon orbits roughly eastward relat...

astronomy

The full moon on June 30 is an ordinary full moon that occurs when the Moon is opposite the Sun in ecliptic longitude and fully illuminated as seen from Earth. It is not a speci...

astronomy

The crescent moon appears after new moon, while the Moon is still close to the Sun in our sky. A thin waxing crescent becomes visible once the Moon moves far enough from the Sun...

astrology

As of today, the Moon is traveling through [insert current Moon sign here] and is [insert current Moon phase here]. In astrology, the Moon represents emotion, instinct, habit, a...

astronomy

Moon phases are unique intervals in which the Moon’s illuminated fraction changes in a repeatable order because of its orbit around Earth and the fixed direction of sunlight....