What is the moon phase today? Today, Sep. 21, 2024, the moon is 18 days old and is in the Waning Gibbous phase of its lunar cycle. It is 81% illuminated. Moon phases reveal the passage of time in ...

Looking back, it’s funny how few of us read into the moon as an active force in our lives; we see what happens to the tides ...

Sunday's event, known to astronomers as an occultation, is part of a series of such events of the moon engaging with this ...

Don't forget to look up this week because September's full moon isn't a standard one. The harvest moon, named to match the time of year corn is traditionally harvested, will also be a so-called ...

As the nights grow long and the temperatures cool in the Northern Hemisphere, a new moon famed for its brightness and orange hue will rise in the sky. The Harvest Moon, which has inspired no ...

The moon will soon have a companion in Earth's orbit for a limited time. An Arjuna asteroid will become a "mini-moon" event for nearly two months starting Sept. 29, according to a study published ...

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 ...

China has set its sights on establishing a permanent base at the Moon’s south pole by 2035. This ambitious project will ...

The calendar is based on the moon’s 12 phases. Each phase lasts about 29 days, and the full calendar is around 354 days long. In China, Lunar New Year lasts from the new moon to the next full moon.

An asteroid named 2024 ON just passed near Earth without causing any damage, and another asteroid, which might appear like a mini-moon, is on its way. That asteroid, named 2024 PT5, is just 33 feet ...