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From Moongiant.com
The Moon’s current phase for today and tonight is a Waning Gibbous Phase. This is the first phase after the Full Moon occurs. It lasts roughly 7 days with the Moon’s illumination growing smaller each day until the Moon becomes a Last Quarter Moon with an illumination of 50%. The average Moon rise for this phase is between 9pm and Midnight depending on the age of the phase. The moon rises later and later each night setting after sunrise in the morning. During this phase the Moon can also be seen in the early morning daylight hours on the western horizon.
Visit the October 2021 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.
Today’s Waning Gibbous Phase
The Waning Gibbous on October 24 has an illumination of 87%. This is the percentage of the Moon illuminated by the Sun. The illumination is constantly changing and can vary up to 10% a day. On October 24 the Moon is 18.26 days old. This refers to how many days it has been since the last New Moon. It takes 29.53 days for the Moon to orbit the Earth and go through the lunar cycle of all 8 Moon phases.
The 8 Lunar Phases
There are 8 lunar phases the Moon goes through in its 29.53 days lunar cycle. The 4 major Moon phases are Full Moon, New Moon, First Quarter and Last Quarter. Between these major phases, there are 4 minor ones: the Waxing Crescent, Waxing Gibbous, Waning Gibbous and Waning Crescent. For more info on the Moon Cycle and on each phase check out Wikipedia Lunar Phase page.
Phase Details
Illumination: 87%
Moon Age: 18.26 days
Moon Angle: 0.49
Moon Distance: 405,478.83 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 148,758,741.90 km
Useful Moon Resources
Check the weather before a night of Moon gazing at weather.com
For a list of all the current meteor showers visit American Meteor Society
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For Your Local Time and Date
Northeastern Hemisphere
The time for the Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe
24 October 2021
05:00 pm GMT 7:00 PM CET
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:16 Gemini 15
Mercury:13 Libra 13
Venus:18 Sagittarius 21
Mars:26 Libra 04
Jupiter:22 Aquarius 24
Saturn:07 Aquarius 02
Uranus:13 Taurus 15 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 47 Rx
Pluto:24 Capricorn 24
True Lunar Node:01 Gemini 55
Mean Lunar Node:03 Gemini 09 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):10 Gemini 54
Chiron:09 Aries 44 Rx
Ceres:11 Gemini 21 Rx
Pallas:09 Pisces 44 Rx
Juno:23 Sagittarius 08
Vesta:17 Scorpio 45
Eris:24 Aries 10 Rx
Earth:2
Air:9
Water:4
Fixed:5
Mutable:9

Northwestern Hemisphere
The time for the Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Denver, Colorado, USA
October 24, 2021
10:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM MT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:18 Gemini 42
Mercury:13 Libra 25
Venus:18 Sagittarius 34
Mars:26 Libra 12
Jupiter:22 Aquarius 24
Saturn:07 Aquarius 02
Uranus:13 Taurus 14 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 47 Rx
Pluto:24 Capricorn 24
True Lunar Node:01 Gemini 55
Mean Lunar Node:03 Gemini 08 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):10 Gemini 55
Chiron:09 Aries 43 Rx
Ceres:11 Gemini 19 Rx
Pallas:09 Pisces 43 Rx
Juno:23 Sagittarius 12
Vesta:17 Scorpio 51
Eris:24 Aries 10 Rx
Earth:2
Air:9
Water:4
Fixed:5
Mutable:9
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