Except instead of taking about 24 hours to complete one lap, the dark phase takes about 30 days. Here's a sped-up view of that process as seen from the moon's far side in an animation created by ...

With each passing night as, the crescent slowly widens and it begins to appear against a progressively darker background, its ...

Thanks to the Moon’s orbit around Earth, the angle of sunlight hitting the lunar surface and being reflected back to our planet changes. That creates different lunar phases. The next Full Moon ...

Our moon goes through phases, sometimes turning red or disappearing ... instead refers to the idea of springing forth. Is there a dark side of the moon? Pink Floyd's music might lead you to ...