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

This means we see the Moon’s phases from Earth as different shapes ... first quarter, waxing gibbous, full Moon, waning gibbous, third quarter and finally waning crescent.

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the northern hemisphere).

Eight lunar phases happen in order: new Moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous ... it is the side we can't see from Earth. During the new Moon, Earth's ...