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.

Currently, the Man in the Moon is seen on one of the two elongated ends, and this side constantly points toward Earth as the moon rotates around its axis once per revolution around the planet ...

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.

Predicted to be up to 1-2 meters in size, mini-moons are temporarily gravitationally bound in the Earth-Moon system. They may just fly-by the Earth or make at least one revolution around the ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...