As of Thursday, July 24, the moon phase is New Moon. This means the moon is not visible at all to us tonight, 0% to be exact ...

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.

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 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.