{"id":307782,"date":"2025-11-22T21:36:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T21:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/307782\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T21:36:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T21:36:07","slug":"moon-phase-today-explained-what-the-moon-will-look-like-on-november-21-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/307782\/","title":{"rendered":"Moon phase today explained: What the moon will look like on November 21, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s day one of a new lunar cycle, so the moon\u2019s barely there tonight. You won\u2019t really see anything on its surface, but it\u2019s just starting to get brighter again, it\u2019ll gradually show more in the next few nights.<\/p>\n<p>What is today\u2019s moon phase?<\/p>\n<p>As of Friday Nov. 21, the <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/ispace-moon-lander-south-pole-image\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">moon <\/a>phase is Waxing Crescent. This means 2% of the moon is lit up tonight, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/moon.nasa.gov\/moon-observation\/daily-moon-guide\/?intent=011\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NASA&#8217;s Daily Moon Observation<\/a>. There&#8217;s not enough moon lit up to spot anything on its surface tonight either.<\/p>\n<p>When is the next full moon?<\/p>\n<p>The next full moon will be on Dec. 4, this will be the last of three consecutive supermoons. The<a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/november-full-moon-2025-beaver-supermoon?test_uuid=04wb5avZVbBe1OWK6996faM&amp;test_variant=a\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> last full moon was on Nov. 5<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What are moon phases?<\/p>\n<p>Moon phases are part of a repeating lunar cycle that lasts about 29.5 days, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/moon\/moon-phases\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NASA<\/a>. They describe how the moon appears from Earth as it orbits our planet. While we always see the same side of the moon, the amount of sunlight illuminating it changes throughout its orbit. That\u2019s why sometimes it looks full, sometimes half, and sometimes disappears entirely (the New Moon). There are eight main moon phases:<\/p>\n<p>New Moon &#8211; The moon is between Earth and the sun, so the side we see is dark (in other words, it&#8217;s invisible to the eye).<\/p>\n<p>\n            Mashable Light Speed\n        <\/p>\n<p>Waxing Crescent &#8211; A small sliver of light appears on the right side (Northern Hemisphere).<\/p>\n<p>First Quarter &#8211; Half of the moon is lit on the right side. It looks like a half-moon.<\/p>\n<p>Waxing Gibbous &#8211; More than half is lit up, but it\u2019s not quite full yet.<\/p>\n<p>Full Moon &#8211; The whole face of the moon is illuminated and fully visible.<\/p>\n<p>Waning Gibbous &#8211; The moon starts losing light on the right side. (Northern Hemisphere)<\/p>\n<p>Third Quarter (or Last Quarter) &#8211; Another half-moon, but now the left side is lit.<\/p>\n<p>Waning Crescent &#8211; A thin sliver of light remains on the left side before going dark again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s day one of a new lunar cycle, so the moon\u2019s barely there tonight. You won\u2019t really see&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":307783,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[79,193],"class_list":["post-307782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/307783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}