Current Moon Phase
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27, 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: 1%
Moon Age: 28.78 days
Moon Angle: 0.54
Moon Distance: 366,792.87 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 148,658,263.28 km
Custom Planetary Positions
October 26, 2019 (27 October 2019)
07:00 pm GMT (6:00 AM ADST)
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:14 Libra 09
Mercury:26 Scorpio 12
Venus:22 Scorpio 28
Mars:14 Libra 37
Jupiter:22 Sagittarius 22
Saturn:15 Capricorn 06
Uranus:04 Taurus 40 Rx
Neptune:16 Pisces 12 Rx
Pluto:20 Capricorn 46
True Lunar Node:10 Cancer 57 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:11 Cancer 45 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):19 Pisces 38
Chiron:02 Aries 23 Rx
Ceres:22 Sagittarius 33
Pallas:24 Scorpio 36
Juno:26 Virgo 52
Vesta:23 Taurus 48 Rx
Eris:23 Aries 41 Rx
Earth:5
Air:2
Water:8
Fixed:6
Mutable:5