Half Moon Bay Vice Mayor Joaquin Jimenez stands behind Governor Gavin Newsom as he speaks during a press conference at the reunification center in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023.

As of Friday, July 4, the moon phase is Waxing Gibbous. According to NASA's Daily Moon Observation, 66% of the moon will be lit up and visible to us on Earth. This is also day nine of the lunar cycle.

After its half-illuminated third quarter phase today, the light will continue to wane until the moon is completely dark on Friday (May 19). This will mark the start of a new 29.5-day lunar cycle ...

The next phase of the moon is the 1 st quarter or that half-moon – because at this location we now see a half lit and half dark moon.. Once the moon orbits farther around the earth, we see more ...

The half-illuminated moon will have a close encounter with the Bull on Wednesday (Sept. 6) when the last quarter moon rises in Taurus just before midnight.

As of Friday, June 27, the moon phase is Waxing Crescent. The moon is still only slightly visible tonight with just 6% lit up, according to NASA's Daily Moon Observation. If you're in the Northern ...

Iapetus, you see, is the outermost large moon of Saturn, orbiting twice as far out as any of Saturn's other moons. What appears to be some type of dark debris that collected on the leading side ...

With your eyes alone, take a close look at the moon, and you'll see about half a dozen gray patches on its face. These are called the lunar seas (or maria, singular mare) and are enormous impact ...

The supermoon is dumb. What is cooler (and related) is the idea that we can see more than half of the moon's surface.

"April is the month of the Pink Moon -- named for the pink wildflowers which sprout up each Spring," Google says. The Doodle shows the moon half in shadow -- a nod to current lunar phase.