Day: November 16, 2021

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November 16 Today in History

From On This Day in History November 16

Important Events

534 Second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus published

1532 Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro captures Inca Emperor Atahualpa after a surprise ambush at Cajamarca in the Peruvian Andes

1776 British troops capture Fort Washington during American Revolution

1945 Founding of UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

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November 16 Daily Correspondence Digest for the Northern Hemisphere’s Moon Phase and Planetary Positions

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 Waxing Gibbous phase. This phase is when the moon is more than 50% illuminated but not yet a Full Moon. The phase lasts about 7 days with the moon becoming more illuminated each day until the Full Moon. During a Waxing Gibbous the moon rises in the east in mid-afternoon and is high in the eastern sky at sunset. The moon is then visible through most of the night sky setting a few hours before sunrise. The word Gibbous first appeared in the 14th century and has its roots in the Latin word “gibbosus” meaning humpbacked.

Visit the November 2021 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Waxing Gibbous Phase

The Waxing Gibbous on November 16 has an illumination of 93%. 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 November 16 the Moon is 12.16 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

Phase: Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 93%
Moon Age: 12.16 days
Moon Angle: 0.50
Moon Distance: 397,318.19 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,909,334.56 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

To figure out GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) to your local time use this link

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Northeastern Hemisphere

The time for the Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe

16 November 2021

04:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM CET
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:24 Scorpio 31
Moon:24 Aries 48
Mercury:17 Scorpio 16
Venus:10 Capricorn 05
Mars:11 Scorpio 33
Jupiter:23 Aquarius 45
Saturn:07 Aquarius 59
Uranus:12 Taurus 18 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 28 Rx
Pluto:24 Capricorn 43
True Lunar Node:01 Gemini 43 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:01 Gemini 56 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):13 Gemini 26
Chiron:08 Aries 55 Rx
Ceres:07 Gemini 31 Rx
Pallas:09 Pisces 16
Juno:00 Capricorn 37
Vesta:00 Sagittarius 03
Eris:23 Aries 57 Rx
Fire:4
Earth:4
Air:6
Water:5
Cardinal:6
Fixed:6
Mutable:7

Obliquity of the Nine Planets

Northwestern Hemisphere

The time for the Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Chicago, Illinois, USA

November 16, 2021
11:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM CST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:24 Scorpio 48
Moon:28 Aries 20
Mercury:17 Scorpio 44
Venus:10 Capricorn 19
Mars:11 Scorpio 45
Jupiter:23 Aquarius 47
Saturn:08 Aquarius 00
Uranus:12 Taurus 18 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 28 Rx
Pluto:24 Capricorn 44
True Lunar Node:01 Gemini 43 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:01 Gemini 55 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):13 Gemini 28
Chiron:08 Aries 55 Rx
Ceres:07 Gemini 27 Rx
Pallas:09 Pisces 17
Juno:00 Capricorn 43
Vesta:00 Sagittarius 12
Eris:23 Aries 57 Rx
Fire:4
Earth:4
Air:6
Water:5
Cardinal:6
Fixed:6
Mutable:7

Introduction To The Deviant Moon Tarot Deck

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Astronomy Picture of the Day

Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.

2021 November 16

Geminids from Gemini

Image Credit & Copyright: Wang Jin

Explanation: Where are all of these meteors coming from? In terms of direction on the sky, the pointed answer is the constellation of Gemini. That is why the major meteor shower in December is known as the Geminids — because shower meteors all appear to come from a radiant toward Gemini. Three dimensionally, however, sand-sized debris expelled from the unusual asteroid 3200 Phaethon follows a well-defined orbit about our Sun, and the part of the orbit that approaches Earth is superposed in front of the constellation of Gemini. Therefore, when Earth crosses this orbit, the radiant point of falling debris appears in Gemini. Featured here, a composite of many images taken during the 2020 Geminids meteor shower shows over 200 bright meteors that streaked through the sky during the night December 14. The best meteor shower in November, the Leonids, peaks tonight and tomorrow. Unfortunately, this year, dim meteors during the early-morning peak will be hard to see against a sky lit by a bright gibbous moon. Still, a few bright Leonid meteors should be visible each hour.

Exploring Tarot Cards Number 2 in Major and Minor Arcana

From TArotX.net – For more information on The High Priest from Rider Waite and Other Tarot Decks

The High Priestess-From the Rider Waite Tarot Deck Major Arcana Number 2

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These links will take you away from WitchesOfTheCraft.com To open hyperlink in a new tab or window – right click on your mouse to pick how you want to open the hyperlink. Scroll down for meanings in other tarot decks and for Number 2 in the Minor Arcana from a variety of tarot decks.

From Tarotx.net – The Two of Wands from the Thoth Tarot Deck

Two of Wands – From the Thoth tarot deck Minor Arcana

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From Tarotx.net – To read more about the Two of Cups from the Tarot De Marseille

2 De Coupe Tarot (2 of Cups) – From the Marseille Tarot Deck Minor Arcana

I. The upright meaning of 2 De Coupe Tarot

What we see in this card is a collection of passionate dreams. A thirst for love is born in a person who never knows what love is or after a long time of loneliness. We are being held in the Two of Cups; others have not yet appeared, and we must imagine other people like what we know about ourselves. The only relevant point for ordinary lovers has not yet formed in the virgin heart that is the family. This is the period where the whole legend of empathetic souls is born. Oedipal love (a desire for sexual involvement with the parent of the opposite sex and a concomitant sense of rivalry with the parent of the same sex) becomes the foundation for …

From Tarotx.net – Wildwood Tarot Deck The Two of Swords from the Deviant Moon Tarot Deck

Two of Swords – From the Deviant Moon Tarot Deck Minor Arcana

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From TarotX.net – Two of Pentacles from the Linestrider Tarot Deck

Two of Pentacles – From the Linestrider Tarot Deck Minor Arcana

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