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

What is the moon phase today? Today, Feb. 9, 2025, the moon is 11 days old, in the Waxing Gibbous phase of its lunar cycle. It is 91% illuminated. Moon phases reveal the passage of time in the ...

This means we see the Moon’s phases from Earth as different shapes. Waxing crescent Moon – less than half of the visible surface is illuminated (starts as a thin, curved sliver) and getting ...

The astrological system elucidates four primary phases of the Moon, each of these phases referred to as a quarter. It also includes four intermediate phases in the waxing and waning period of the ...

Patristic times saw in the symbol of the moon, or the mysterium lunae, i.e. the three phases of the moon: dying (waning), generating (waxing) and giving birth (full moon) a valid representation of the ...