Moon tonight
Waxing Crescent
16% litA silver sliver grows on the right — a little more sunlight catches the moon each night.
This is a crescent moon: the thin bright curve is sunlight; the large dark area is the moon’s night side.
- Illumination
- 16.2%
- Lunar day
- 3.9 of 30
- Next phase
- First quarter 301680s
- Sun 25 Jan, 23:48 UTC
3-day trend
Brightening
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
Like planting a seed: try one small step toward something you care about.
Everyone on Earth sees the same phase at the same moment — only your local clock time differs. The drawing matches how the moon looks in the northern sky; south of the equator, left and right in the picture swap.