In this article, I'll delve into the Moon's phases, including why they occur and how they impact life on Earth. The Sun ...

Moon phases reveal the passage of time in the night ... Last quarter: The moon has moved another quarter of the way around Earth, to the third quarter position. The sun's light is now shining ...

There are eight phases of the Moon beginning with the new Moon, followed by waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full Moon, waning gibbous, third quarter and finally waning crescent.

On the night of Feb. 5, a waxing gibbous moon will once again cover up the "Seven Sisters" of the famous Pleiades star ...

Google's latest Doodle celebrates the third quarter moon phase with a fun interactive card game. The Google Rise of the Half-moon Doodle highlights the different phases of the lunar cycle ...

There are eight phases of the moon during a 29.5-day cycle: new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, third quarter and waning crescent. The phases exist ...

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 ...

Because the lunar phase cycle is 29.5 days long, it's nigh unto impossible to have a Blue Moon (two full Moons in the same month) during February. Likewise, when there is a full Moon at the very ...