This diagram shows how the Moon appears to change shape as it orbits (circles) the Earth due to which part of it is facing the Sun. When the lit area of the Moon we see is getting bigger each day ...

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

Before arriving at the moon, the small satellite mission will use the gravity of the sun, Earth, and moon over several months ...

A new moon occurs when the moon is directly between Earth and the sun, with its shadowed side pointing towards us. You can see a new moon when it crosses the face of the sun during a solar eclipse.