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

As the moon travels around Earth, we see more or less of the illuminated half. Moon phases describe how much of the moon's disk is illuminated from our perspective. New moon: The moon is between ...

In this article, I'll delve into the Moon's phases, including why they occur and how they impact life on Earth. The Sun always lights up one half of our Moon. However, that's not always the half we ...

This means we see the Moon’s phases from Earth as different shapes. Waxing crescent Moon – less than half of the visible surface is illuminated (starts as a thin, curved sliver) and getting ...

and this phase is called the Waxing Crescent (Crescent moon). From the New Moon through the waxing crescent, the first half of the moon becomes visible in the second quarter. The first quarter of the ...

Google's latest Doodle celebrates the third quarter moon phase with a fun interactive card game. The Google Rise of the Half-moon Doodle highlights the different phases of the lunar cycle ...

Google celebrates the final half moon of January with an entertaining animated card game in its latest Doodle. Users can interact with the lunar cycle ...

Half the face is in shadow, and the figure is surrounded by cards showing various moon phases. Advertisement When users click the graphic, they are taken to an interactive matching game.