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Tonight's moon is 19 days old (past new moon), in the waning gibbous phase, and approaching its next phase, the half-lit third quarter moon, which occurs on Feb. 20.

The moon goes through eight phases including New Moon, First Crescent, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, Third Quarter, and Balsamic Moon.

Gibbous teaches them to be more detail-oriented while Waning Crescent teaches them not to be afraid of mistakes. Fervent pairings also include New Moon and Third Quarter.

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A waning gibbous moon in the night sky. (Image credit: Sjo/Getty Images) If you're an avid moon-watcher, you might notice that our moon appears just a tiny bit smaller in the night sky tonight.