A breakdown of how to get the most out of the different moon phases, from the new moon through waxing, full, and waning cycles.

The Moon appears to change over the course of the month. As the Moon's orbit is not perfectly circular, its distance from Earth and its speed in orbit both change slightly throughout the month.

The Moon lacks an atmosphere to help spacecraft slow down during descent. More than 50 years elapsed between the last US landing on the Moon and the Intuitive Machines mission a year ago.

Just as February comes to an end, the moon’s monthly cycle will renew itself, as a powerful new moon rises on February 27. This lunation takes place in dreamy and transcendental Pisces, ...

Understand the moon phases and you can wager a pretty good guess for when the next full moon is no matter where we are in the lunar cycle. Here's how.

The next full moon will be here sooner than you know it, and a meteor shower is in store, too. Here are details on February’s moon cycle and your chance at spotting some shooting stars.

Google has created an interactive Doodle game for this Friday's Half Moon cycle conclusion. The search engine's homepage was transformed into an interactive celestial experience on Thursday, ...

So the moon is moving in a circular path with the center being the sun. OK, let's go back to that wrong (but common) diagram showing the path of the moon as it orbits the sun.

On November 21, 2024, Google launched an interactive Doodle to celebrate the conclusion of November's Half Moon phase. This engaging feature invites users to explore the lunar cycle through a fun ...

The doodle highlights the conclusion of the Half Moon phase on November 22, encouraging users to explore the significance of the lunar cycle through an interactive game. It features a brief ...

A full moon occurs approximately once every 29.5 days—the length of time it takes for the Moon to go through one lunar phase cycle as it orbits around the Earth.