Even to a casual viewer, the waxing gibbous moon of Feb. 7 will appear quite unusual, climbing so very high in the sky.

Understand the moon phases and you can wager a pretty good guess for when the next full moon is just by looking up.

The four primary phases of the moon (new moon, first quarter, full moon ... exploration as well as space science and entertainment, and enjoys observing the moon through a tabletop Celestron ...

There are eight phases of the Moon beginning with the new Moon, followed by waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full Moon, waning gibbous, third quarter and finally waning crescent.