Today, July 6, 2025, the moon is 11 days old and is in the Waxing Gibbous phase of its lunar cycle. It is 83% illuminated.

This is not the first such object to enter the Earth's orbit. Some of them do not make a full revolution around the Earth, and some of them become mini-moons.

An newly discovered asteroid will be captured by Earth's gravity this fall. The "mini-moon" will spend about two months in Earth's orbit, before being flung back on its normal path around the sun.

Hey Ray: Earth's Mini Moon 02:35. PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - You may have heard by now about Earth getting a second moon starting next week. I am going to be honest with you right out of the gate - this ...

The earth is getting a second "mini-moon" later this month, researchers confirmed Asteroid 2024 PT5 will stick around from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25, 2024, but it won't be visible to the human eye, per ...

Earth will have an extra moon for a couple of weeks this fall, and it may return for a second round in a few decades. A 33-foot asteroid named 2024 PT5 is expected to be pulled into orbit around ...

Starting next week, the moon, Earth’s closest celestial body, will be joined by a new neighbor: a second moon. From Sept. 29 until Nov. 25, astronomers calculate that 2024 PT5— which is what ...

The mini-moon will be temporarily bound to Earth from Sept. 29 until Nov. 25, ... The article states PT5 will not complete a full revolution around the Earth and therefore categorized as a ...

An newly discovered asteroid will be captured by Earth's gravity this fall. The "mini-moon" will spend about two months in Earth's orbit, before being flung back on its normal path around the sun.

The length of mini-moon events can vary with some lasting one or more years to complete a full or multiple revolutions around Earth. Others do not complete a full revolution lasting a few months ...

But there’s some disagreement among scientists about whether 2024 PT5 should be classified as a mini-moon, since it won’t be making a full revolution around the Earth before the sun’s ...