A new moon is not in the sky at night! It rises with the sun and sets with the sun. When the moon is situated between the earth and the sun, the illuminated side of the moon faces away from the earth, and we can't see it. We call this the new moon. A day or two after the new moon, you can see a skinny crescent-shaped moon. read more
A new moon is not in the sky at night! It rises with the sun and sets with the sun. When the moon is situated between the earth and the sun, the illuminated side of the moon faces away from the earth, and we can't see it. We call this the new moon. A day or two after the new moon, you can see a skinny crescent-shaped moon. read more
Either way, on the day of new moon, the moon travels across the sky with the sun during the day, hidden in the sun’s glare. In the language of astronomy – a day or two after each month’s new moon – a slim crescent moon always becomes visible in the west after sunset. read more
The gibbous moon appears to grow fatter each night until we see the full sunlit face of the Moon. We call this phase the full moon. It rises almost exactly as the Sun sets and sets just as the Sun rises the next day. The Moon has now completed one half of the lunar month. During the second half of the lunar month, the Moon grows thinner each night. We call this waning. read more