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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 26 has an illumination of 72%. 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 26 the Moon is 20.04 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: 72%
Moon Age: 20.04 days
Moon Angle: 0.49
Moon Distance: 403,115.63 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 148,677,728.94 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
Currentplanetarypositions.com
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For Your Local Time and Date
Northeastern Hemisphere For 1600 CET GMT 1400 Post 0900 CT
The time for the Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe
26 October 2021
03:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM CET
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:08 Cancer 53
Mercury:15 Libra 14
Venus:20 Sagittarius 19
Mars:27 Libra 20
Jupiter:22 Aquarius 27
Saturn:07 Aquarius 05
Uranus:13 Taurus 10 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 45 Rx
Pluto:24 Capricorn 25
True Lunar Node:01 Gemini 58
Mean Lunar Node:03 Gemini 03 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):11 Gemini 06
Chiron:09 Aries 39 Rx
Ceres:11 Gemini 08 Rx
Pallas:09 Pisces 34 Rx
Juno:23 Sagittarius 43
Vesta:18 Scorpio 46
Eris:24 Aries 09 Rx
Earth:2
Air:8
Water:5
Fixed:5
Mutable:8
Northwestern Hemisphere
The time for the Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Denver, Colorado, USA
October 26, 2021
11:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM MT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:12 Cancer 51
Mercury:15 Libra 37
Venus:20 Sagittarius 39
Mars:27 Libra 34
Jupiter:22 Aquarius 27
Saturn:07 Aquarius 05
Uranus:13 Taurus 09 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 45 Rx
Pluto:24 Capricorn 25
True Lunar Node:01 Gemini 59
Mean Lunar Node:03 Gemini 02 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):11 Gemini 08
Chiron:09 Aries 38 Rx
Ceres:11 Gemini 06 Rx
Pallas:09 Pisces 32 Rx
Juno:23 Sagittarius 49
Vesta:18 Scorpio 56
Eris:24 Aries 08 Rx
Earth:2
Air:8
Water:5
Fixed:5
Mutable:8
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