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![The moon phases of September 2024 listed with dates.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/axx5YR72yrxzjHhj7bPRp6-320-80.png)
What is the moon phase today? Lunar phases 2024
By Tariq Malik last updated
Reference See what moon phase it is tonight and find out when you can see the rest of the moon phases for 2024.
![A view of the lunar south pole obtained by the LRO](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hvhVDLsQkVrHooemoDDpvJ-320-80.png)
Should we regulate the moon? Scientists call for international plan to share lunar water and resources
By Leonard David published
Any lunar resource evaluation or prospecting campaign will need to be international in nature, as no one space agency will have the money or mandate to conduct it alone.
![illustration of a reddish, gold and silver spacecraft on the surface of the moon](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CLLnyzmohD7a44bZL5gezR-320-80.jpg)
NASA gives Intuitive Machines $117 million for 2027 mission to moon's south pole
By Mike Wall published
Intuitive Machines, which aced the first-ever private moon landing earlier this year, just scored a $117 million NASA contract for a 2027 mission to the lunar south pole.
![crumpled pieces of metal can be seen in the foreground; a crescent of light can be seen in the background](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ieDdgov6NfGdmZZPtzijFP-320-80.jpg)
We finally know why Astrobotic's private Peregrine moon lander failed
By Monisha Ravisetti last updated
Astrobotic says the Peregrine lunar lander, aka the first private moon mission, failed because of a faulty valve.
![an ocean of magma on the moon](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rJsbNwvLLH4QUtNpgTZvdX-320-80.jpg)
The moon was once covered by an ocean of molten rock, data from India's space mission suggests
By Joshua Snape published
Data from India's recent Chandrayaan-3 mission supports the idea that an ocean of molten rock once covered the moon.
![The left half of the moon's face shines huge amongst a dark sky of stars.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gNoEeajmayhsRLUMHgz9GF-320-80.jpg)
With space agencies racing to the moon, scientists are making a lunar 'time zone'
By Briley Lewis published
Scientists aiming to build a lunar GPS are trying to create a new lunar 'time zone' that's standardized with Earth time.
![An artist's rendering of a streetlamp on a dark landscape with stars behind it](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hsUseoJJqmkp8eskFFFmgK-320-80.jpg)
Researchers want to build 'streetlights' on the moon — and they'd be taller than the Statue of Liberty
By Brandon Specktor published
A private company has received funding from the U.S. government to build the first-ever "streetlights" on the moon — towering, Statue of Liberty-sized structures that could withstand the brutal lunar night.
![illustration of a protoplanet slamming into the proto-Earth in a catalclysmic collision](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fZR6adSbmpps9dpaDmYLJm-320-80.jpg)
Newborn moon may have had many mini-siblings in Earth orbit long ago
By Charles Q. Choi published
When Earth and our moon were much closer together than they are now, the duo could have had tiny companions, or a disk revolving around them in orbits around the pair's poles, a new study finds.
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