The dark skies during a new moon provide ideal conditions for spotting skywatching targets that would otherwise be outshined by moonlight.

2025 Full Moon calendar: ... and moonset are given in local time from 40° N 90° W. The Moon’s illumination is given at 12 P.M. local time from the same location. Wednesday, July 2 ...

A Harvest Moon reaches peak illumination tonight: ... depending on how the lunar cycle lines up with the Gregorian calendar. This year's autumnal equinox is Sunday, Sept. 22, ...

Full moon calendar: ... And, some of the non-illuminated part (nighttime on the Moon) faces toward us." How we see the moon from Earth can be tracked with the lunar cycle, ...

The moon calendar and its phases are actually pretty complex. By Charley Ross, Meg Walters and Chloe Laws. 9 April 2025. Getty Images. ... 2025, reaching its peak illumination at 1:22 a.m. GMT. This ...

Waxing gibbous: The area of illumination continues to increase ... Additional moon phase resources NASA's SkyCal Events Calendar offers a comprehensive calendar of moon phases, lunar and solar ...

2025 Full Moon calendar: ... The Moon’s illumination is given at 12 P.M. local time from the same location. Wednesday, June 25 New Moon occurs at 6:32 A.M. EDT this morning.