Current Moon Phase
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
Today the Moon will be in a Waning Crescent phase. In this phase the Moon’s illumination is growing smaller each day until the New Moon. During this phase the Moon is getting closer to the Sun as viewed from Earth and the night side of the Moon is facing the Earth with only a small edge of the Moon being illuminated. This phase is best viewed an hour or 2 before the sunrise and can be quite beautiful if you’re willing to get up early. It can also be a great time to see the features of the Moon’s surface. Along the edge where the illuminated portion meets the dark side, the craters and mountains cast long shadows making them easier to observe with a telescope or binoculars.
PHASE DETAILS
Illumination: 25%
Moon Age: 24.65 days
Moon Angle: 0.54
Moon Distance: 368,525.32 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 150,054,174.12 km
Custom Planetary Positions
September 23, 2019 (24 September 2019)
08:00 pm GMT (6:00 AM AEST)
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:22 Cancer 12
Mercury:15 Libra 45
Venus:11 Libra 30
Mars:23 Virgo 21
Jupiter:17 Sagittarius 15
Saturn:13 Capricorn 56
Uranus:05 Taurus 55 Rx
Neptune:16 Pisces 57 Rx
Pluto:20 Capricorn 39 Rx
True Lunar Node:14 Cancer 25 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:13 Cancer 29 Rx
Chiron:03 Aries 48 Rx
Ceres:11 Sagittarius 52
Pallas:10 Scorpio 56
Juno:13 Virgo 31
Vesta:27 Taurus 39
Eris:24 Aries 00 Rx
Earth:6
Air:3
Water:5
Fixed:3
Mutable:5