The 'full moon' phase is as close as we come to seeing the sun's illumination of the entire day side of the moon. In 2025, ...

However, the 57%-illuminated waxing gibbous moon will look very bright as it appears in front of the Pleiades star cluster tonight, making single-shot images tricky. Consider using a telephoto ...

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.