Current Moon Phase
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2019
On this day 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: 8%
Moon Age: 26.89 days
Moon Angle: 0.55
Moon Distance: 363,888.18 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 149,969,547.99 km
Custom Planetary Positions
September 25, 2019 (26 September 2019)
08:00 pm GMT (AM AEST)
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:20 Leo 56
Mercury:18 Libra 52
Venus:13 Libra 59
Mars:24 Virgo 38
Jupiter:17 Sagittarius 30
Saturn:13 Capricorn 57
Uranus:05 Taurus 51 Rx
Neptune:16 Pisces 53 Rx
Pluto:20 Capricorn 39 Rx
True Lunar Node:14 Cancer 20 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:13 Cancer 23 Rx
Chiron:03 Aries 43 Rx
Ceres:12 Sagittarius 27
Pallas:11 Scorpio 44
Juno:14 Virgo 22
Vesta:27 Taurus 39 Rx
Eris:23 Aries 59 Rx
Earth:6
Air:3
Water:4
Fixed:4
Mutable:5
