The sky on Thursday, November 5, 2026
| Sun in | Scorpio |
|---|---|
| Moon in | Virgo |
| Moon phase | Waning Crescent |
| Illumination | 14% |
| Ingresses | Moon enters Libra |
| Exact aspects | Venus sextile Jupiter |
| Mercury retrograde | Yes |
Venus and Jupiter stand about sixty degrees apart today, a sextile, traditionally read as an easy, cooperative angle. The Moon is in Virgo, an old crescent thinning in the morning sky. Mercury is retrograde.
What is a waning crescent moon?
A waning crescent is the last thin sliver before the new moon, visible low in the east just before sunrise.
Illumination drops from about a third to nearly nothing over the final few days of the cycle. The old moon is easy to miss entirely unless you are up early and the horizon is clear.
Traditionally this is the rest stage: the part of the month with the least demanded of it, before the cycle restarts at the next new moon.
Treating it as permission to do less for a few days is a reasonable, entirely optional way to use it.