SOS-6 Moon Phase
Today's Moon

(Graphic courtesy
USNO, Wash., DC.)

Did you know...

...that the Moon appears to go through a cycle of phases because it revolves around (orbits) the Earth? The same side of the Moon is always lighted (the side facing the Sun); as the Moon revolves around the Earth (once every 30 days), we are able to see more or less of the lighted side of the Moon.

New Moon
10 JUL
08 AUG
First Quarter
17 JUL
15 AUG
Full Moon
24 JUL
22 AUG
Last Quarter
01 AUG
31 AUG
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