As my fellow lunatics know, the moon is in the early stages of gaining sunlight (“waxing”) now and is showing slivered crescents in the West shortly after sunset. Below, you’ll see last night’s waxing crescent moon over Great Cove at 5:37 p.m. It was at about 10 percent lunar illumination.
The next major lunar phase will be the First Quarter moon on February 24, 2026, followed by the Full “Worm Moon” on March 3, 2026. (Image taken in Brooklin, Maine, on February19, 2026.)