Today, Nov. 12, 2024, the moon is 11 days old and is in the Waxing Gibbous phase of its lunar cycle. It is 83% illuminated. Moon phases reveal the passage of time in the night sky. Some nights ...
The next full moon will blaze the November sky ... with a few meteors per hour according to the Old Farmer's Almanac. Or the Leonids meteor shower that will peak on Nov. 17-18 with about 10-15 ...
As such, the term Earthshine is sometimes referred to as "The oldmoon in the new moon's arms." The glow is produced by light from a fully illuminated Earth reflecting off the lunar surface.