Thanks to the Moon’s orbit around Earth, the angle of sunlight hitting the lunar surface and being reflected back to our planet changes. That creates different lunar phases. The next Full Moon ...

This means we see the Moon’s phases from Earth as different shapes. Waxing crescent Moon – less than half of the visible surface is illuminated (starts as a thin, curved sliver) and getting ...

See what moon phase it is tonight and find out when you can see the rest of the moon phases for 2025. Today, April 4, 2025, the moon is 6 days old and is approaching the First Quarter phase of its ...

The different phases of the moon appear as the moon orbits Earth, changing our perspective of the half-lit moon, according to NASA. While the Earth’s shadow does not cause Moon phases ...