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Moon tonight

Last Quarter

◐︎ 48% lit

Half the moon again — this time the left side glows like a backwards D.

This is a crescent moon: the thin bright curve is sunlight; the large dark area is the moon’s night side.

Illumination
47.7%
Lunar day
22.4 of 30
Next phase
New Moon 619500s
Wed 18 Mar, 16:05 UTC

3-day trend

Dimming

Wed Thu Fri Sat

✦ Let go of clutter (in your room or your schedule) so new space can appear.

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.

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