Current Moon Phase
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2020
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: 6%
Moon Age: 27.22 days
Moon Angle: 0.52
Moon Distance: 384,966.97 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,234,254.89 km
From Moongiant.com
You can use this link to go forward or backward in time for Moon phase information. If you are curious you can even find out what phase the Moon was in when you or anyone else you know was on the date the person was born.
The time for the Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Anatanarivo, Madagascar, South Africa.
Custom Planetary Positions
January 22, 2020
03:00 am GMT (6:00 AM EAT)
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:28 Sagittarius 55
Mercury:09 Aquarius 06
Venus:10 Pisces 06
Mars:12 Sagittarius 40
Jupiter:11 Capricorn 29
Saturn:23 Capricorn 53
Uranus:02 Taurus 42
Neptune:16 Pisces 47
Pluto:23 Capricorn 05
True Lunar Node:08 Cancer 22
Mean Lunar Node:07 Cancer 07 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):29 Pisces 25
Chiron:02 Aries 09
Ceres:26 Capricorn 21
Pallas:01 Capricorn 28
Juno:20 Libra 43
Vesta:13 Taurus 56
Eris:23 Aries 14
Earth:7
Air:3
Water:5
Fixed:4
Mutable:5
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