Looking up at the sky and wondering where the moon is? Today's lack of beautiful moonlight isn't a mystery; it's to do with ...

Today, July 22, 2025, the moon is 27 days old and is in the Waning crescent phase of its lunar cycle. It is 5% illuminated.

The moon will be in its third quarter phase on Friday, May 12, with its face half-lit, halfway between its fully illuminated full moon phase and its completely dark new moon phase.

The moon will be in its half-lit third-quarter phase when it rises from the eastern horizon shortly after midnight overnight tonight before setting to the west around 1 p.m. ET (1700 GMT) on ...

The moon will be in its third quarter phase on Friday, May 12, with its face half-lit, halfway between its fully illuminated full moon phase and its completely dark new moon phase.

The half-lit disk of the first quarter moon will grace the night sky on Monday (June 2), presenting a wealth of lunar features to explore before Earth's natural satellite sets below the horizon in ...

When will the moon be half-lit? According to NASA, the moon will reach first quarter, or 50% illuminated, just before 11 p.m. EST, in the Northern Hemisphere on June 2.

Friday, February 16: First Quarter Moon And Pleiades Today, our natural satellite in space reaches its First Quarter stage, when is appears to be half-lit as seen from the surface of Earth.

And this particular half-lit moon arrives at another kind of halfway point too: the Celtic celebration of Beltane, the turning point between the spring equinox and summer solstice.

What To See In The Night Sky This Week: May 22-28, 2023. The clear highlight of this week is the appearance of a super-slim crescent Moon in the west after sunset—and its tangle with Venus.