There's only a sliver of the moon on display tonight, but there's still a chance to see some cool geological features on its surface, if we look hard enough.

The moon is looking a little darker right now due to where we are in the lunar cycle, a series of eight unique phases of the moon's visibility. The whole cycle takes about 29.5 days, according to NASA , and these different phases happen as the Sun lights up different parts of the moon whilst it orbits Earth.

So let's see what's happening with the moon tonight, Aug. 18.

What is today’s moon phase?

As of Monday, Aug. 18, the moon phase is Waning Crescent, and it is 25% lit up to us on Earth, according to NASA's Daily Moon Observation .

We're on day 25 of the lunar cycle, so it's really close to the New Moon. There's not much

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