March’s “worm moon” sets behind Rocca Calascio castle and village in L’Aquila, Italy. Photograph by Lorenzo Di Cola, NurPhoto/Getty Images Earth’s moon phases cycle from month to month, waning and ...

What's happening on the Moon's surface tonight?

It's the first moon in July, and with each passing night, we're seeing more and more of the moon lit up, signaling our journey through the lunar cycle. The lunar cycle is a series of eight unique ...

We're just a day away from a new lunar phase, which means we're close to seeing the moon half-lit up once again. What is a lunar phase, you ask? Lunar phases make up the lunar cycle, a series of eight ...

According to NASA, the lunar cycle lasts 29.5 days in total. Last weekend, we reached the beginning of a new cycle, marked with the New Moon (and a partial lunar eclipse). The lunar cycle is the ...