The moon
The phase of the moon
The phase of the moon is how much of its face is lit as seen from Earth, a cycle of about 29.5 days.
Waxing when the lit side grows and the moon is an evening sight; waning when it shrinks and belongs to the small hours.
Golden hour, the twilights and the moon, where you stand.
Sol for iPhone is coming soon, with each of them for the place you stand, on your phone and your wrist.
The phase of the moon, where you stand.
You stand at the middle of your horizon. The dots are the moon’s path tonight, the moon lit as it is; the stage opens three hours after sunset. Slide through the night, or drag the sky to turn it.
How Sol measures it.
The lit fraction follows the angle between sun and moon; the age counts the days since new. The same face always turns toward us, so the phase is the sun's light moving across it, not the moon turning. Sol draws tonight's moon at its true phase and tilt for where you stand.
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