In an ongoing study of the heavens by the kids in Jayne Doxsey’s homeschool classes, Wednesday they learned about the phases of the moon. Doxsey spends an hour twice a day, twice a week, every two ...

Use this illustration to know the phases of the moon this month and next, starting with the May 26 supermoon. Click the Download button to get started. When the image opens in a new window, right ...

March’s “worm moon” sets behind Rocca Calascio castle and village in L’Aquila, Italy. Photograph by Lorenzo Di Cola, NurPhoto/Getty Images Earth’s moon phases cycle from month to month, waning and ...

Today, Oct. 21, 2025, the moon is 30 days old and is in the New Moon phase of its lunar cycle. It is 0% illuminated.

An image of a full moon. - Photo by Omer Tarsuslu/Anadolu via Getty Images The moon is appearing smaller and smaller every night, a nod to the name of the current phase in the lunar cycle, Waning ...