
Is Twitter morphing into WhatsApp? MailOnline explores what Elon Musk's platform could soon look like, as he.Bug or feature? WhatsApp engulfed in privacy firestorm as users report app recording them while they SLEEP.Cya, parallel parking! Cool video shows how Hyundai's new 'crab driving' electric car drives sideways into a.Explore the GIGAMOON: Incredible interactive image stitched together from 280,000 individual photos lets you.The Moon is nearly back to the point in its orbit where its dayside directly faces the Sun, and all that we see from our perspective is a thin curve. The Moon looks like it’s half illuminated from the perspective of Earth, but really you’re seeing half of the half of the Moon that’s illuminated by the Sun ― or a quarter. This is as close as we come to seeing the Sun's illumination of the entire day side of the Moon.Īs the Moon begins its journey back toward the Sun, the opposite side of the Moon now reflects the Moon’s light. Now most of the Moon's dayside has come into view, and the Moon appears brighter in the sky. The Moon is now a quarter of the way through its monthly journey and you see half of its illuminated side. This silver sliver of a Moon occurs when the illuminated half of the Moon faces mostly away from Earth, with only a tiny portion visible to us from our planet. This is the invisible phase of the Moon, with the illuminated side of the Moon facing the Sun and the night side facing Earth.



In the Northern Hemisphere, the phases of the moon are:
