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 ...
The Moon has always been one of the most recognizable objects in the sky. It changes shape slightly every night — sometimes round and shining, sometimes just a sliver of light. These are moon phases, ...
Most of us notice the moon changing shape in the sky, but most people don’t ever stop to think about why it happens (except maybe the science geeks among us). Of course, those changing shapes in the ...