If you missed my first 10 cool things about the Moon, you can read them here. Now you're ready for 10 more. #11. The Moon's ...

Today, June 26, 2025, the moon is 1 days old and is in the New Moon phase of its lunar cycle. It is 1% illuminated.

Tonight the moon is still not quite full—98 percent illuminated in the waxing gibbous phase. The half of the moon lying towards the sun is lit by sunlight, but the lit half overlaps the visible ...

On Friday (Nov. 14), the moon will arrive at its last quarter phase at 10:15 a.m. EST (1515 GMT), when its disk will be exactly 50-percent illuminated.

During this time, the moon is 50 percent illuminated by sunlight. This creates an interplay of light and shadows — or 'clair-obscur' — that emphasizes features on the lunar surface .

During this lunar phase, the disc of the moon is nearly exactly 50 percent illuminated by the sun as seen from the Earth. The half-illuminated moon will be viewable over New York at 7:42 p.m. ET ...

Findings confirmed that more shark attacks "than were expected" occurred when lunar illumination was more than 50 percent, while all instances of fewer shark attacks than expected happened at less ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) – A new study conducted by Louisiana State University and the University of Florida suggests there may be a relationship between shark attacks and lunar phases. The… ...

The Moon, quickly approaching New, is now just 5 percent illuminated, with just its western limb (east on the sky) left in sunlight. ... Moonset: 8:50 P.M. Moon Phase: Waxing crescent (9%) ...

The Moon’s illumination is given at 12 P.M. local time from the same location. For a look ahead at more upcoming sky events, check out our full Sky This Week column. Up Next ...