(All times Eastern; * denotes a Super Moon.) The images below show the day-by-day phases of the Moon in February ... 5:37 P.M. Moonrise: 8:54 P.M. Moonset: 8:17 A.M. The early-morning sky ...
The phases of the moon are a consequence of its motion around Earth in relation to the geometry assumed with respect to the sun. To better understand how it works, let us, first of all ...
This means we see the Moon’s phases from Earth as different shapes ... the Moon is facing away from Earth so we cannot see it at all – this is a new Moon. Image caption, As the Moon moves ...