New Delhi, Aug. 15 -- The moon phase today, August 15, 2026, is a Waxing Crescent at 11% illumination. The moon is 3.19 days into its current cycle, having passed through the new moon on August 12 at 17:36 UTC. It is young, thin, and setting shortly after the sun - visible in the western sky just after dusk before it dips below the horizon. According to NASA's lunar science resource, the Waxing Crescent is the phase immediately following the new moon when the lunar surface begins reflecting sunlight back toward Earth in a gradually widening arc.

A Waxing Crescent phase means the illuminated portion of the moon is growing. From Earth, only a slim sliver of the right edge is lit, with the rest of the lunar surface in darkness. Each night f...