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As of Monday, July 28, the moon phase is Waxing Crescent. There's still not much to see tonight, with only 9% of the surface ...
After its half-illuminated third quarter phase today, the light will continue to wane until the moon is completely dark on Friday (May 19). This will mark the start of a new 29.5-day lunar cycle.
Today, July 26, 2025, the moon is 2 days old and is in the Waxing Crescent phase of its lunar cycle. It is 4% 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 is pictured half-lit during its first quarter phase. The locations of the Aristotles and Eudoxus craters are shown close to Mare Frigoris towards the north, while the Sea of Tranquility ...
According to In-The-Sky.org, Spica will be occulted by a First Quarter Moon (appearing half-lit as seen from Earth) between 21:40 EDT on Saturday, July 13 and 00:58 EDT on Sunday, July 14.
A 13%-lit slim waxing crescent moon will be visible in the southwestern sky just after sunset, slightly higher than last night and in the sky for somewhat longer. Look for “Earthshine” on the ...
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.
Earth orbits the Sun with the Moon at its side. Just as the planet is half-lit by sunlight at all times, so is the Moon, though the illuminated terrain is not always visible to us.
The moon will be half illuminated by the sun on Tuesday, Aug. 8, during its last quarter phase, exactly midway between the completely lit full moon and the fully dark new moon.