What is the moon phase today? Today, Feb. 4, 2025, the moon is 6 days old, in the waxing crescent phase of its lunar cycle. It is 43% illuminated. Moon phases reveal the passage of time in the ...

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 ...

The lunar heart, created by the interplay of light and shadow, is visible once a month, just before our satellite reaches ...

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