Caption: The lunar phase right now---well as of the time of the most recent update---which is probably at least daily. Note that USNO moon image current is the offline in 2020 for awhile.
Features:
- Date & Time: date & time.
- Lunar phase: Current.
- For general illumination fraction of the Moon,
see
USNO: Fraction of the Moon Illuminated
(offline in
2020 for awhile)
and compute Table for your desired calendar year
and time zone
(e.g., Pacific time zone (PST/PDT)).
For the year values with
midnight being the
beginning of the day and
time zone
PST, click:
2019,
2020,
2021,
2022,
2023,
2024,
2025,
etc.
- For a moderately detailed
Moon map, click
moon_map_side_near.html.
Image link: USNO: What the Moon Looks Like Now.
Local file: local link: moon_image_now.html.
File: Moon file: moon_image_now.html.