
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.
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 25 has an illumination of 80%. 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 25 the Moon is 19.15 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.
Illumination: 80%
Moon Age: 19.15 days
Moon Angle: 0.49
Moon Distance: 404,773.38 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 148,718,109.12 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

If you need to calculate the planetary positions for a specific use and time, click on this link
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Northeastern Hemisphere
The time for the Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe
25 October 2021
02:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CET
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:26 Gemini 34
Mercury:14 Libra 05
Venus:19 Sagittarius 15
Mars:26 Libra 39
Jupiter:22 Aquarius 25
Saturn:07 Aquarius 03
Uranus:13 Taurus 13 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 46 Rx
Pluto:24 Capricorn 24
True Lunar Node:01 Gemini 56
Mean Lunar Node:03 Gemini 06 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):10 Gemini 59
Chiron:09 Aries 42 Rx
Ceres:11 Gemini 15 Rx
Pallas:09 Pisces 39 Rx
Juno:23 Sagittarius 24
Vesta:18 Scorpio 12
Eris:24 Aries 09 Rx
Earth:2
Air:9
Water:4
Fixed:5
Mutable:9

Northwestern Hemisphere For 1600 MT GMT 2200 Post 1700 CT
The time for the Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Denver, Colorado, USA
October 25, 2021
10:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM MT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:00 Cancer 30
Mercury:14 Libra 26
Venus:19 Sagittarius 36
Mars:26 Libra 52
Jupiter:22 Aquarius 26
Saturn:07 Aquarius 04
Uranus:13 Taurus 12 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 46 Rx
Pluto:24 Capricorn 24
True Lunar Node:01 Gemini 57
Mean Lunar Node:03 Gemini 05 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):11 Gemini 02
Chiron:09 Aries 41 Rx
Ceres:11 Gemini 13 Rx
Pallas:09 Pisces 38 Rx
Juno:23 Sagittarius 30
Vesta:18 Scorpio 23
Eris:24 Aries 09 Rx
Earth:2
Air:8
Water:5
Fixed:5
Mutable:8
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