by the moment

prepositional phrase2

1. •
   Very quickly as time passes; progressively.

   • But this war was being thrust on us, and our situation was becoming more dangerous by the moment. — 2002
2. •
   Focused on the present moment; in the present.

   • They do not live by the moment; they do not make soul and body conform to God's time, which is the present moment. — 1875