Note: Moon phases in the calendar vary in size due to the distance from Earth and are shown at 0h Universal Time. Credit: Astronomy: Roen Kelly The moonrise and moonset schedule this week The ...

Christmas lights may have come and gone but nature is about to put on its own celestial illumination in the form of the first full moon of 2025. Those gazing skyward early this week will be able ...

From tonight through the full moon in a week, the moon is referred to as being in a "waxing gibbous" phase. Until now, since the new moon, it's been a "waxing crescent." Tonight, a 57%-lit waxing ...

The moon, nearly two nights past first quarter and appearing as a waxing gibbous phase, 70% illuminated, will appear to stand almost directly above a very bright, non-twinkling, silvery "star." ...

A few days later, as the moon moves around Earth, the side we can see gradually becomes more illuminated by direct sunlight. This thin sliver is called the waxing crescent. A week after the new ...