Why is the crescent moon that we see always like a 'U'?

If you look up at the sky, and the crescent moon looks like a “U”, it means two things: 1. You live in the tropics 2. read more

If you look up at the sky, and the crescent moon looks like a “U”, it means two things: You live in the tropics; In two weeks the moon will look like an inverted “U” The farther you are from the equator, the more vertical crescent moon gets — less like a “U” and more like a “C” (or reverse “C”). read more

We see the Moon in the night sky because it is reflecting light from the Sun. The Moon does not generate any light of its own. So the lit part of the Moon always points toward the Sun. read more

The new moon arrives in the first half of June, and as our satellite becomes visible in the evening sky after that, it will join Mercury, Venus and other visible planets. The moon will officially enter new phase at 3: 43 p.m. EDT (1943 GMT) on June 13. A new moon occurs when the moon is between the sun and Earth. read more