Image 1 Caption: The lunar phase of the Moon right now---that is if you click on Image 1 since Image 1 does NOT update automatically. Image 1 is, in fact, linked to full data for the current lunar phase at NASA: Daily Moon Guide.
Features:
The day count 0 and day count 29.5 are
new moon.
Recall the
lunar month = 29.530588861 days (J2000)
≅ 29.53059 days (mean J2000 to 7 digits) ≅ 29.5 days.
For a similar plot, see
Britannica Kids:
Visible fraction of the Moon's near side illuminated over 64 days.