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 Third Quarter phase. Sometimes called a Last Quarter Moon, this phase occurs roughly 3 weeks after the New Moon when the Moon is three quarter of the way through it’s orbit around the earth. If you live in the northern hemisphere the Moons left side will be illuminated and the right side will be dark. For those of you in the southern hemisphere it will be the opposite with the right side illuminated. On the day of the Third Quarter phase the Moon will rise around midnight on the eastern horizon and set in the west around noon the next day. In the days following the Third Quarter Phase the Moon’s illumination will decrees each day until the New Moon.
Visit the October 2021 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.
Today’s Last Quarter Phase
The Last Quarter on October 28 has an illumination of 53%. 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 28 the Moon is 21.85 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: 53%
Moon Age: 21.85 days
Moon Angle: 0.50
Moon Distance: 397,159.80 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 148,597,775.81 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
(Sorry for the sloppy lines but I am not good a drawing with a mouse or mouse pad. But I really liked this map of the hemispheres to be able to share with you)
If you need to calculate the planetary positions for a specific use and time, click on this link
Currentplanetarypositions.com
To figure out GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) to your local time use this link
For Your Local Time and Date
Northeastern Hemisphere
The time for the Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe
28 October 2021
03:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM CET
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:03 Leo 00
Mercury:17 Libra 41
Venus:22 Sagittarius 20
Mars:28 Libra 41
Jupiter:22 Aquarius 31
Saturn:07 Aquarius 08
Uranus:13 Taurus 05 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 43 Rx
Pluto:24 Capricorn 26
Mean Lunar Node:02 Gemini 56 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):11 Gemini 20
Chiron:09 Aries 34 Rx
Ceres:10 Gemini 54 Rx
Pallas:09 Pisces 25 Rx
Juno:24 Sagittarius 21
Vesta:19 Scorpio 50
Eris:24 Aries 07 Rx
Earth:2
Air:8
Water:4
Fixed:6
Mutable:8
Northwestern Hemisphere For 1700 MT GMT 2300 Post 1800 CT
The time for the Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Denver, Colorado, USA
October 28, 2021
11:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM MT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:07 Leo 07
Mercury:18 Libra 07
Venus:22 Sagittarius 40
Mars:28 Libra 54
Jupiter:22 Aquarius 31
Saturn:07 Aquarius 09
Uranus:13 Taurus 04 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 43 Rx
Pluto:24 Capricorn 26
True Lunar Node:02 Gemini 00 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:02 Gemini 55 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):11 Gemini 22
Chiron:09 Aries 34 Rx
Ceres:10 Gemini 51 Rx
Pallas:09 Pisces 24 Rx
Juno:24 Sagittarius 27
Vesta:20 Scorpio 00
Eris:24 Aries 07 Rx
Earth:2
Air:8
Water:4
Fixed:6
Mutable:8
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