What is the moon phase today? Today, Dec. 12, 2024, the moon is 11 days old, in the waxing gibbous phase of its lunar cycle. It is 88% 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 ...

In 1874, James Nasmyth and James Carpenter published a remarkable book: The Moon: Considered as a Planet, a World, and a Satellite. Lavishly illustrated with spectacular images of lunar features ...

When astronomy fans look to the sky this week, they'll get to see November's Beaver full moon, the last of 2024's four consecutive supermoons. The 2024 series of supermoons started in August with ...

Here are the dates for the full moons in 2024. The next full moon will be on Sunday, Dec. 15. It will officially reach its full moon phase at 4:02 a.m. EST (0902 GMT) but local moonrise times vary ...

Volcanoes were erupting on the mysterious far side of the moon billions of years ago just like on the side that we can see, new research confirms. Researchers analyzed lunar soil brought back by ...

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 ...

The full moon will arrive Nov. 15, 2024, at 4:28 p.m. ET. As the chill of November sets in, embrace the energy of the final supermoon in a rare series of three, known as the full beaver moon — a ...

Landing 12 people on the moon remains one of NASA's greatest achievements, if not the greatest. Astronauts on the Apollo missions of the 1960s and '70s collected rocks, took photos, performed ...

Earth's temporary mini moon, 2024 PT5, will depart Nov. 25. Credit: Two-Meter Twin Telescope / Light Bridges / Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias A mini moon that will bid farewell to Earth ...

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This supermoon will reach its peak brightness on Friday at 4:29pm Eastern Time (21:29 GMT). This moon will coincide with other celestial events, including the Leonid meteor shower and the Pleiades ...