Understand the moon phases and you can wager a pretty good guess for when the next full moon is no matter where we are in the ...

The second full moon of the year − appropriately called the snow moon − will reach its peak Wednesday evening.

The four primary phases of the moon (new moon, first quarter, full moon, last quarter) occur about a week apart, with the full moon its most dazzling stage. Tariq is the Editor-in-Chief of Space ...

Tiny sliver of the Moon is visible as moves on to the second quarter, and this phase is called the Waxing Crescent (Crescent moon). From the New Moon through the waxing crescent, the first half of the ...

The second, on Sept. 7 to 8 ... followed by the "first quarter" phase. Half of the moon's visible surface appears illuminated during the first quarter. Next comes the waxing gibbous moon, which ...

There are eight phases of the Moon beginning with the new Moon, followed by waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full Moon, waning gibbous, third quarter and finally waning crescent.

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 ...