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.

Some of the world’s earliest calendars, developed in the ancient Middle East by the Babylonians about 2,500 years ago, were based in part on the moon’s phases. And the moon phases are still ...

At this time, the sun shines at such an angle to make it appear as if there is a gigantic 'V' and 'X' marking the barren ...

On Friday (Nov. 14), the moon will arrive at its last quarter phase at 10:15 a.m. EST (1515 GMT), when its disk will be exactly 50-percent illuminated.

We can’t see any portion of the lit-up Moon during this phase. (When the Sun and Moon exactly line up, as viewed from Earth, we get a special experience known as a solar eclipse.) ...

The yoga tradition is full of practices, teachings, and lore related to the moon. Many yoga asanas, or postures, line up with the lunar phases.