The Natural Compass

Moon tonight

Waxing Crescent

A 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.

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.