The Moon is at first quarter today, exactly one-quarter of the way through its month-long cycle of phases. It lines up at a right angle to Earth and the Sun, so sunlight illuminates half of the lunar hemisphere that faces our way.
The Moon is at first quarter today, exactly one-quarter of the way through its month-long cycle of phases. It lines up at a right angle to Earth and the Sun, so sunlight illuminates half of the lunar hemisphere that faces our way.