You need a full moon to have a lunar eclipse. You also need a specific set of circumstances where Earth throws its shadow onto the moon, plunging some or all of it into darkness. The sun needs to ...
Today, Nov. 12, 2024, the moon is 11 days old and is in the Waxing Gibbous phase of its lunar cycle. It is 83% illuminated. Moon phases reveal the passage of time in the night sky. Some nights ...