Did you catch the gorgeous, nearly full moon last night? I don’t know about you, but any time I see her glow, I have to pull my car to the side of the road or climb to higher ground to admire her beauty.

And though the full moon technically occurs tomorrow morning, it’s at 99% illumination right now, marking the very last percentage of a waxing gibbous—the phase directly before the full moon.

During this time, the right half of the moon’s face is illuminated from our view in the Northern Hemisphere. It gains more and more light each night until the full moon, when it appears completely illuminated from our perspective here on Earth.

The waxing gibbous also rises earlier in the evening, between noon and sunset. This means you can often see it in all of its glory on your drive home in the

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