As it orbits Earth, the moon will show different illuminated parts based on the angle to the sun and hence the phases of a lunation. Although these lighting variations are gradual, traditionally ...

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 ...

Understand the moon phases and you can wager a pretty good guess for when the next full moon is just by looking up.

There are eight phases of the Moon beginning with the new Moon ... portion that we can see from Earth varies, depending on the angle that we are viewing from. This changes as the Moon orbits ...

A Snow Moon is projected to be seen tomorrow in the sky. According to Astronomy.com, a full moon is a monthly occurrence when ...

A number of people who've seen NASA's annual lunar phase and libration videos have asked what the other side of the Moon looks like, the side that can't be seen from the Earth. This video answers ...