The next full moon is Saturday, Aug. 9, and is sometimes called the Sturgeon Moon. It gets that name from when "The Great ...

The phases of the Moon The phases of the Moon are: New Moon, waxing crescent, First Quarter, waxing gibbous, Full Moon, waning gibbous, Last Quarter, and waning crescent.

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.

July 16 (a.m.) — Waning gibbous moon shines directly above the planet Saturn in the morning sky. July 17 (a.m.) — Last quarter moon. The half-moon stands due south around the time of sunrise.

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

But don't get your hopes up this year: Experts say the waning gibbous moon, more than 80 percent full, will allow only the brightest meteors to be seen. Europe's Juice spacecraft flies by Venus ...

July’s predawn sky offers some rare events, providing another reason to get outdoors to enjoy the relatively cool mornings.

Here is a schedule of when each full moon will occur in 2025, various nicknames for each moon, and fun facts about moon phases and lunar eclipses.

Spot overlapping meteor showers this month, along with the Moon sharing the sky with some of the brightest planets.