Our galaxy will make for a particularly splendid sight on the dark nights surrounding the new moon phase on July 24.

Today, July 23, 2025, the moon is 28 days old and is in the New Moon phase of its lunar cycle. It is 1% illuminated.

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 ...