Single image cropped about 50%, shot at f/4.0, ISO 100, 1/20 second exposure
Processing done in Photoshop 2020

Title: A thin crescent over Ecliptic!

Explanation: Every new moon can be seen as a slim crescent in the west after sunset. Sometimes when the moment of new moon happens around midnight by one's local clock, they have a chance to see a very young moon, one less than 24 hours old. That was the case for me tonight as I set out to hunt this thinnest of Crescents.
At this time of year the ecliptic is at a steep angle to the evening horizon in northern hemisphere. That steep angle carries the moon high above the sunset. A young moon closer to the horizon is tough to see, because it’s buried in the twilight glare.
At such times, the moon is very close to the sun along our line of sight and is closest to the Sun and its illuminated portion is turned almost entirely away from us. It’s a fragile illuminated crescent moon, maybe the thinnest crescent moon I’ve ever seen.

Background story: I had been chasing the thinnest of Crescents for almost more than a year, each time trying to better my own record of capturing the least illuminated moon as it is one of those exercises that tests not only your knowledge about the horizon, twilight and the ecliptic but most importantly your patience.
I present you the New Crescent Moon 🌙 at a mere 1% illumination and 22 hours of age captured from Western horizons of Lahore.

Moon phase details
Age: 22 hours
Illumination: 1.0%
Elongation: 11.7 degrees East
Elevation: 4 degrees
Constellation: Taurus