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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 November 2021 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.
Today’s Waning Gibbous Phase
The Waning Gibbous on November 21 has an illumination of 96%. 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 21 the Moon is 16.66 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: 96%
Moon Age: 16.66 days
Moon Angle: 0.49
Moon Distance: 405,266.97 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,755,394.93 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
The time for the Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe
21 November 2021
04:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:24 Gemini 19
Mercury:25 Scorpio 16
Venus:14 Capricorn 06
Mars:14 Scorpio 57
Jupiter:24 Aquarius 15
Saturn:08 Aquarius 18
Uranus:12 Taurus 07 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 26 Rx
Pluto:24 Capricorn 49
True Lunar Node:01 Gemini 42
Mean Lunar Node:01 Gemini 40 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):13 Gemini 59
Chiron:08 Aries 47 Rx
Ceres:06 Gemini 23 Rx
Pallas:09 Pisces 35
Juno:02 Capricorn 22
Vesta:02 Sagittarius 44
Eris:23 Aries 54 Rx
Earth:4
Air:7
Water:5
Fixed:6
Mutable:8
Northwestern Hemisphere
The time for the Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Chicago, Illinois, USA
November 21, 2021
11:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM CST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:27 Gemini 46
Mercury:25 Scorpio 44
Venus:14 Capricorn 19
Mars:15 Scorpio 09
Jupiter:24 Aquarius 17
Saturn:08 Aquarius 19
Uranus:12 Taurus 06 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 26 Rx
Pluto:24 Capricorn 50
True Lunar Node:01 Gemini 42
Mean Lunar Node:01 Gemini 39 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):14 Gemini 01
Chiron:08 Aries 47 Rx
Ceres:06 Gemini 19 Rx
Pallas:09 Pisces 36
Juno:02 Capricorn 28
Vesta:02 Sagittarius 54
Eris:23 Aries 54 Rx
Air:7
Water:5
Fixed:6
Mutable:8
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