Understand the moon phases and you can wager a pretty good guess for when the next full moon is just by looking up.

Even to a casual viewer, the waxing gibbous moon of Feb. 7 will appear quite unusual, climbing so very high in the sky.

These range from a banana-shaped crescent moon, a D-shaped quarter moon and a nearly full gibbous moon. Each phase is named according to where it falls in the 29½-day cycle, whether it is waxing ...

The four primary phases of the moon (new moon, first quarter, full moon, last quarter) occur about a week apart, with the full moon its most dazzling stage. Tariq is the Editor-in-Chief of Space ...

Ahead of the full moon, a first-quarter moon will occur on Feb. 5 at 3:02 a.m. After the full moon, a last-quarter moon will occur on Feb. 20 at 12:32 a.m., followed by a new moon on Feb. 27 at 7: ...

The Last Quarter Moon in Scorpio will rise on Tuesday, January 21, offering a powerful time for release and healing in each zodiac sign's daily love horoscope. You control how you feel ...

January's third quarter moon also known as the last quarter moon occurred on Jan. 21 at 5:31 p.m. EDT (2231 GMT). "The Half Moon is the turning point in the lunar cycle, shifting the balance ...

You can catch the first full moon of the year on Monday night. January's wolf moon will officially be the first full moon of 2025 at 4:27 p.m. CT. Space is a big place, so keen stargazers will ...

The moon will be in close conjunction with Spica every month in 2025, but this one is the nearest. Today will see a Last-Quarter (or Third-Quarter) Moon, which will appear half-illuminated and ...

First Quarter, waxing gibbous, Full Moon, waning gibbous, Last Quarter, and waning crescent. A cycle starting from one Full Moon to its next counterpart, termed the synodic month or lunar month ...

Orion the Hunter and Taurus the Bull face off in the southern sky in early February as soon as it gets dark. Taurus is home to two of the brightest star clusters, the Pleiades and Hyades. Both are ...

Just east of Betelgeuse is the fine binocular cluster NGC 2244. But the much fainter Rosette Nebula that lies around the ...