The sky on Thursday, March 11, 2027
| Sun in | Pisces |
|---|---|
| Moon in | Aries |
| Moon phase | Waxing Crescent |
| Illumination | 10% |
| Ingresses | Moon enters Taurus |
| Exact aspects | Mercury opposition Mars |
| Mercury retrograde | No |
Mercury and Mars face each other across the zodiac today, an opposition, read as a pull between the two ends of one axis. The Moon is in Aries, 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.