When does the next full moon rise? Find out exactly when to see the full moons of 2025, including the full 'Corn Moon' lunar eclipse on Sept. 7.

As of Wednesday, Aug. 20, the moon phase is Waning Crescent, and it is 9% lit up to us on Earth, according to NASA's Daily Moon Observation.

In the new moon phase, this percentage is 0% and becomes 100% at Full moon, about 14 days later. Thanks to the regular repetition of these moments, since ancient times, the lunar phases have been ...

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Here’s how it works. See what moon phase it is tonight and find out when you can see the rest of the moon phases for 2025. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)

I know, living according to the phases of the moon sounds eccentric and maybe even confusing. But after following a full moon cycle and adjusting my daily life accordingly, I came to see its value.

Tonight, Dec. 22, 2023, the moon is at the Waxing Gibbous phase of its lunar cycle, and is 80% illuminated. The moon is 10 days old — meaning it is that many days into its roughly 30-day cycle.

On Aug. 23, the moon will reach its new moon phase, and this one is special. It's a seasonal black moon, a rare event that occurs about once every 23 months. The next one won't arrive until Aug. 20, 2028, according to timeanddate.com.