This craft will help your child visualize how the moon moves in its eight phases. New moon — the moon is dark, so not visible. Waxing crescent — the moon starts growing, since a slice is visible.

As the Moon completes its cycles every month, its various phases present a rich tapestry for skywatchers and astronomy ...

Make a New Year's resolution to get out and look at the moon more often, with help from a free, do-it-yourself Moon Phases Calendar and Calculator from NASA.

Launched in 2009, NASA's LRO probe has imaged the far side of the moon in gorgeous detail. The phases of the moon on the far side differ from the familiar phases on the Earth-facing side.