Today, April 22, 2025, the moon is 24 days old and is in the Waning Crescent phase of its lunar cycle. It is 35% illuminated. Moon phase Date First Quarter April 4 Full Moon April 12 Third/Last ...

(In the Southern Hemisphere, a waning moon appears lit on the right side.) A third quarter moon looks a lot like a first quarter moon—both appear as a half circle to our eye. But, again ...

There are eight phases of the Moon beginning with the new Moon, followed by waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full Moon, waning gibbous, third quarter and finally waning crescent.

The waning Moon is visible in the predawn sky, rising around 4 A.M. local daylight time. The Mare Orientale region will be visible again tomorrow morning, and also next month around Third Quarter.