What is the moon phase today? Today, Dec. 22, 2024, the moon is 20 days old, in the Waning Gibbous phase of its lunar cycle. It is 51% illuminated. Moon phases reveal the passage of time in the ...

Here are the dates for the full moons in 2025. The next full moon will be on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. It will officially reach its full moon phase at 5:27 P.M. EST (2227 GMT) but local moonrise ...

The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun and the Moon. This alignment ensures the entire side of the Moon that faces us gleams under ...

Want to know what our writers and staffers have been spinning in 2024? Here’s the breakdown of every Metal Hammer contributors’ album of the year lists ...

Our night sky is getting lit up like a Christmas tree! Not only do we have all the bright stars and constellations of winter on the rise, but also three naked-eye planets: Venus, Saturn and ...

The Moon is one of nature's wonders, but to photograph it successfully you first have to understand it. Although astrophotographers specializing in the Moon usually photograph it through a powerful ...

Our Butler night sky is getting lit up like a Christmas tree! Not only do we have all the bright stars and constellations of ...

Asteroid 2024 XS3, a small Apollo asteroid, safely passed Earth at a distance of 3.3 million kilometers on December 18, 2024.

Planet Earth is bidding farewell to a "mini moon," a harmless asteroid named 2024 PT5, which has been trailing Earth for two months and will leave on Monday, drawn away by the sun’s stronger ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Planet Earth is parting company with an asteroid that’s been tagging along as a “mini moon” for the ...

Called a "mini-moon" of sorts by some, it temporarily entered Earth's orbit on Sept. 29 from the Arjuna asteroid belt, which follows a similar orbital path around the sun as the Earth. Now ...