Today, April 10, 2025, the moon is 12 days old and is in the Waxing Gibbous phase of its lunar cycle. It is 94% illuminated. Moon phase Date First Quarter April 4 Full Moon April 12 Third/Last ...

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 ...