As of Monday, July 7, the moon phase is Waxing Gibbous. From Earth, 89% of the moon will appear visible (according to NASA's Daily Moon Observation ).

Editor’s Update 7/7: 2004 GU9 is called a "quasi" satellite because it doesn't orbit Earth like our true moon does. Its orbit around the sun happens to occur in the same timeframe Earth orbits ...

The Moon passes 0.4° south of the red giant star Antares in Scorpius at 2 P.M. EDT. The two stand high in the southern sky after dark, with the Moon now 5° from the bright star, to Antares' lower left ...

On the evening of December 7, 2022, people in a large fraction of the U.S. will be able to see a rare and wonderful astronomical event: the moon will pass directly in front of Mars, blocking it ...

On Wednesday (Dec. 7) the moon will reach its full moon phase as December's aptly named Cold Moon, the final full moon of 2022, rises for most of the night.

March's full moon is also known as the worm moon. To the naked eye, and weather permitting, the moon will likely appear full on the nights of both Monday, March 6, and Tuesday, March 7.

Moonrise: 7:51 A.M. Moonset: 9:28 P.M. Moon Phase: Waxing crescent (10%) This shot of Mars, taken with a Questar 3.5 telescope in March 2014, shows dark Syrtis Major prominent on the martian disk.

The International Astronomical Union has partnered with the Radiolab podcast to present a quasi-moon-naming contest.