The moon’s visibility is reducing every evening, and tonight there’s lower than 20% of it lit up. That being mentioned, in case you look arduous sufficient, you would possibly nonetheless be capable of spot some options on its floor.

What’s immediately’s moon section?

As of Saturday, Nov. 15, the moon section is Waning Crescent. This implies 19% of the moon is lit up tonight, based on NASA’s Daily Moon Observation.

There’s rather less to see tonight, however visibility is not gone totally but. With none visible aids you’ll be able to see the Kepler Cater and the Aristarchus Plateau. With binoculars, you’ll see the Grimaldi Basin, and with a telescope, you will additionally see the Reiner Gamma.

When is the following full moon?

The following full moon shall be on Dec. 4.

What are moon phases?

Moon phases are a part of a 29.5-day lunar cycle, based on NASA. These phases are how the moon seems to be from Earth because it goes round us. We all the time see the identical aspect of the moon, however how a lot of it’s lit up by the Solar adjustments relying on the place it’s in its orbit. So, generally it seems to be full, generally half, and generally not there in any respect (aka, the New Moon). There are eight predominant moon phases, they usually comply with a repeating cycle:

The eight predominant moon phases are:

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New Moon – The moon is between Earth and the solar, so the aspect we see is darkish (in different phrases, it is invisible to the attention).

Waxing Crescent – A small sliver of sunshine seems on the precise aspect (Northern Hemisphere).

First Quarter – Half of the moon is lit on the precise aspect. It seems to be like a half-moon.

Waxing Gibbous – Greater than half is lit up, nevertheless it’s not fairly full but.

Full Moon – The entire face of the moon is illuminated and totally seen.

Waning Gibbous – The moon begins dropping gentle on the precise aspect. (Northern Hemisphere)

Third Quarter (or Final Quarter) – One other half-moon, however now the left aspect is lit.

Waning Crescent – A skinny sliver of sunshine stays on the left aspect earlier than going darkish once more.