The Waxing Gibbous phase, like all moon phases, will last for just over 7 days. Along the illuminated crescent you can see the craters and mountains of the moon casting long shadows. This phase is best viewed 1-2 hours before sunrise and is a great time to see the features of the Moon's surface. The waning (shrinking) crescement Moon will rise at around midnight, transit the meridian after sunrise, before setting after noon. In this part of the moon cycle, it is getting closer and closer to the Sun as viewed from Earth and the night side of the Moon is facing earth with a decreasingly thin crescent being illuminated. This is the phase where the moon is less than 50% illuminated but has not yet reached 0% illumination (which would be a New Moon). The Moon phase for October 13th, 2023 is a Waning Crescent phase.
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