Current Moon Phase
MONDAY, SErPTEMBER 23, 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: 35%
Moon Age: 23.58 days
Moon Angle: 0.54
Moon Distance: 372,251.29 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 150,096,274.51 km
Custom Planetary Positions
September 23, 2019
11:00 am GMT (6:00 AM CDT)
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:17 Cancer 00
Mercury:15 Libra 10
Venus:11 Libra 02
Mars:23 Virgo 07
Jupiter:17 Sagittarius 12
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 31 Rx
Chiron:03 Aries 49 Rx
Ceres:11 Sagittarius 45
Pallas:10 Scorpio 47
Juno:13 Virgo 21
Vesta:27 Taurus 39
Eris:24 Aries 00 Rx
Earth:6
Air:3
Water:5
Fixed:3
Mutable:6
