The Natural Compass

Moon tonight

Waning Gibbous

Still more than half lit, but the shadow creeps in from the right — the left edge stays bright while the moon slowly thins after full.

This is a gibbous moon: most of the disk is day side (pale). Any thin dark curve is still night on the moon — not a lit crescent. A thin silver crescent only shows when we are under about half lit.

✦ A gentle time to finish projects and pass along what you have learned.

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.