Google released a Doodle Wednesday commemorating the last half moon of March. The Doodle shows a winking moon half in shadow, surrounded by bronze cards that showcase various phases of the moon. When ...

As the moon controls the way we think and make decisions, it plays a big part in the way we take care of ourselves.

This means we see the Moon’s phases from Earth as different shapes. Waxing crescent Moon – less than half of the visible surface is illuminated (starts as a thin, curved sliver) and getting ...

As it orbits the Earth, we see the Moon from different angles each night. It appears to change shape as we see different parts of the surface lit up. These shapes are called the phases of the Moon.