The moon is officially getting brighter, and it will be every night until the next full moon. It may be very faint tonight, but it is there, because we're on day one of the lunar cycle.

The lunar cycle is 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.

Let's find out what's happening with the moon tonight, Sept. 22.

What is today’s moon phase?

As of Monday, Sept. 22, the moon phase is Waxing Crescent, and according to NASA's Daily Moon Observation , there's just 1% visible tonight.

Unfortunately, there's still not enough of the moon lit up to spot anything on the moon's surface tonight, but it will continu

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