Today, Feb. 3, 2025, the moon is 5 days old, in the waxing crescent phase of its lunar cycle. It is 32% illuminated. Moon phases reveal the passage of time in the night sky. Some nights when we ...

On its way to the moon, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander has taken its first space pictures as it orbits Earth.

Lunar New Year, often called the Spring Festival or Chinese New Year, is the most important holiday in China and many other ...

the Chinese New Year follows a lunar calendar based the moon's 12 phases. Each phase cycle spans approximately 29 days with ...

Google is celebrating the Lunar New Year, marking the start of the Year of the Snake with a new Google Doodle game. Here's ...

February's full moon is known as the "snow moon" — named for the heavy snowfall that typically occurs during this time of the year. Here's when to catch it.

Google's latest Doodle celebrates the third quarter moon phase with a fun interactive card game. The Google Rise of the Half-moon Doodle highlights the different phases of the lunar cycle ...

Launch of Blue Origin's New Shepard suborbital rocket system on Feb. 4, 2025. During the flight test, the capsule at the top ...

Rather than following the western Gregorian Calendar with 365-day years, the Chinese New Year follows a lunar calendar based the moon's 12 phases. Each phase cycle spans approximately 29 days with ...