Waxing crescent is my favorite moon phase.

From: earthsky.org

"At this moon phase, the Earth, moon and sun are located nearly on a line in space. If they were more precisely on a line, as they are at new moon, we wouldn’t see the moon. The moon would travel across the sky during the day, lost in the sun’s glare.

"But a waxing crescent moon is far enough away from that Earth-sun line to be visible near the sun’s glare – that is, in the west after sunset. This moon phase is seen one day to several days after new moon. On these days, the moon rises one hour to several hours behind the sun and follows the sun across the sky during the day. When the sun sets, and the sky darkens, the moon pops into view in the western sky."

Full Pink Moon tonight.

From the Farmer's Almanac:
Full Pink Moon - This name came from the herb moss pink, or wild ground phlox, which is one of the earliest widespread flowers of the spring. Other names for this month's celestial body include the Full Sprouting Grass Moon, the Egg Moon, and among coastal tribes the Full Fish Moon, because this was the time that the shad swam upstream to spawn.

Crescent moon at 5 PM. Facing south.

I think, but am not sure, that today the moon looked just like this everywhere on the planet, at 5 PM local time. I'm thinking about making a model of the earth, sun, and moon so I can fool around with it. (Maybe using paper mache and wire hangers? Or old rubber balls?) I want to REALLY understand the phases of the moon, the logic of them. Also the tides and the moon. Neap tides and spring tides and all that stuff. I have a general understanding of most of it, but if I had to explain it to an 8-year-old I'm sure I'd fail. Maybe if I read about it every single day, like a night-time prayer, I'll be able to remember it.