The sky on Friday, December 11, 2026
| Sun in | Sagittarius |
|---|---|
| Moon in | Capricorn |
| Moon phase | Waxing Crescent |
| Illumination | 5% |
| Exact aspects | Mercury trine Saturn Venus sextile Mars |
| Mercury retrograde | No |
Mercury and Saturn stand about a hundred and twenty degrees apart today, a trine, traditionally read as the easiest of the major angles. Venus and Mars stand about sixty degrees apart today, a sextile, traditionally read as an easy, cooperative angle. The Moon is in Capricorn, a young crescent growing in the evening sky.
What is a waxing crescent moon?
A waxing crescent is the thin, growing sliver you see in the west just after sunset, in the first days after a new moon.
The Moon has pulled far enough away from the Sun for a lit edge to show, and illumination climbs from near zero toward half. Each evening it sits a little higher and a little brighter.
The traditional reading is early effort: a thing has started, it exists, and it is not yet convincing to anyone else. That is a description of a stage, not a prediction about how it turns out.
It pairs naturally with the small, unimpressive work that nobody claps for, which is usually where the outcome is decided anyway.