Discover what a new moon is and when the next new moon will occur with our new moon 2025 guide.

The Moon is almost full.

Learn the lunar cycle and 2026 moon phases, including new moon, full moon, and quarter phases. Discover dates, illumination, and tidal effects from NASA and Space.com.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Moon phases reveal the passage of time in the night sky. Some nights when we look up at the moon, it is full and bright; sometimes ...

Thanks to our lunar cycle, the moon is always changing how it appears to us. Tonight's moon is a little shy, and we can explain why. The lunar cycle is a series of eight phases of the moon's ...

The next full moon will occur on Tuesday, March 3. It will reach 100% illumination at 6:38 a.m. EST (1138 GMT). A total lunar ...

January's full Moon reaches peak illumination at 6:14 p.m. EST on Jan. 3, more than an hour after moonrise, so it should be well clear of the horizon. But astronomy aficionados don't need to be ...

The first super full moon of the year is coming soon, and will be a special one for those living in the Northern Hemisphere ‒ it will also be what is known as a "harvest moon." This visual spectacular ...

For as long as humans have gazed upward, the moon has been our constant nocturnal companion. It has shifted, glowed, and ...

The full moon this month is on Aug. 9, coming days before another stunning sight that Californians will want to see — the peak of the Perseid meteor shower. The full moon will reach peak illumination ...