As of Thursday, July 31, the moon phase is Waxing Crescent. There's 41% of the moon's surface visible to us on Earth (according to NASA's Daily Moon Observation ). It's day seven of the lunar cycle, ...

Understand the moon phases and you can wager a pretty good guess for when the next full moon is just by looking up.

But the moon also has a more practical influence on our daily life. Farmers, for instance, have long relied on lunar phases to guide their harvesting schedules, and fishermen track how the moon ...

The Moon's phases are caused by changing amounts of sunlight reflecting off its surface as it orbits Earth. Lunar eclipses happen during a Full Moon when Earth is between the Sun and Moon. Solar ...

In the new moon phase, this percentage is 0% and becomes 100% at Full moon, about 14 days later. Thanks to the regular repetition of these moments, since ancient times, the lunar phases have been ...