What is the moon phase today? Today, Feb. 9, 2025, the moon is 11 days old, in the Waxing Gibbous phase of its lunar cycle. It is 91% illuminated. Moon phases reveal the passage of time in the ...

Because the Moon is over a quarter the diameter of Earth, the Earth-Moon system is often cited as the pairing in our Solar ...

14. Beware the full Earth The Earth, seen from the Moon, also goes through phases. They are opposite to the lunar phases that we see from Earth, so it's a full Earth when we see a new moon for us ...

As it orbits the Earth, we see the Moon from different angles each night. It appears to change shape as we see different parts of the surface lit up. These shapes are called the phases of the Moon.

The next full moon will be on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. It will officially reach its full moon phase at 8:53 a.m. EDT (1353 GMT) but local moonrise times vary depending on location. The moon will ...