Today, July 6, 2025, the moon is 11 days old and is in the Waxing Gibbous phase of its lunar cycle. It is 83% illuminated.

Trundling along the ecliptic plane in Virgo, our satellite hangs near the bright star Spica in the evening sky.

The exact moment of the new moon phase occurs at 6:31 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (1031 UTC), in New York, according to the U.S. Naval Observatory.

What's happening in the skies over North Texas this month? July holds some spectacular sights in the night and morning sky.

Uranus will also be on show, if you fancy a more challenging target. Early risers are in for a celestial treat on July 5, ...

Venus moves east as July progresses and stands 3° due north of Aldebaran on the 14th, after skirting the northern regions of ...

Jupiter will be too close to the sun to see Tuesday, but it will move farther out in the dawn sky and on Aug. 12 will have a ...

For folks in the United States, July evenings mean 4th of July fireworks. While you're waiting for the show, be sure to watch ...

The HAKUTO-R Mission 2 has been traveling to the moon while performing various maneuvers and conducting tests before its big day of landing on the lunar surface on Thursday, June 5, at 3:34 p.m. ET.

The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun and the Moon. This ...

ESA has found a way to make its own solar eclipses more or less on demand and all it took was a pair of robotic spacecraft ...

The moon will appear full for about three days, from June 10 through the morning of June 12, according to NASA. Despite its name, the moon won't visually look pink or red in color.