"If the moon and a planet are near Castor and Pollux you have an impressive show." From our earthly perspective, the moon and Mars will appear closest to each other at around 8 p.

Each of these primary moon phases marks a quarter of the lunar cycle and lasts only a moment. The remaining phases – "waxing crescent," "waxing gibbous," "waning gibbous," and "waxing gibbous ...

The first quarter further proceeds to expose more of the Moon in what is known as the Waxing Gibbous (Gibbous Moon) phase. This period leads to the Full Moon in a steadily growing light. The waxing ...

Here is when you can see the full moon according to NASA's Sky Event Calendar: April 12 (Pink Moon) — 0:22 UTC (Apr 13), 8:22 pm EST — Micromoon (most distant of the year) Oct. 6 (Hunter's Moon) — ...

Waxing Gibbous also represents strength and empowerment ... while the other is in their progressed full moon phase, symbolizing a period of being more public and outward-facing.

There are eight phases of the Moon beginning with the new Moon, followed by waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full Moon, waning gibbous, third quarter and finally waning crescent.