Moon tonight
Waxing Crescent
6% 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
- 5.6%
- Lunar day
- 2.2 of 30
- Next phase
- First quarter 444540s
- Mon 22 Jun, 15:29 UTC
3-day trend
Brightening
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
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.