
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 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 22 has an illumination of 92%. 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 22 the Moon is 17.55 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: 92%
Moon Age: 17.55 days
Moon Angle: 0.49
Moon Distance: 404,134.92 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,726,228.46 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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For Your Local Time and Date
Northeastern Hemisphere
The time for the Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe
22 November 2021
04:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:06 Cancer 08
Mercury:26 Scorpio 51
Venus:14 Capricorn 51
Mars:15 Scorpio 39
Jupiter:24 Aquarius 22
Saturn:08 Aquarius 22
Uranus:12 Taurus 04 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 25 Rx
Pluto:24 Capricorn 51
True Lunar Node:01 Gemini 42
Mean Lunar Node:01 Gemini 37 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):14 Gemini 06
Chiron:08 Aries 46 Rx
Ceres:06 Gemini 09 Rx
Pallas:09 Pisces 39
Juno:02 Capricorn 43
Vesta:03 Sagittarius 17
Eris:23 Aries 54 Rx
Earth:4
Air:6
Water:5
Fixed:5
Mutable:8

Northwestern Hemisphere For
The time for the Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Chicago, Illinois, USA
November 22, 2021
11:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM CST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:09 Cancer 35
Mercury:27 Scorpio 19
Venus:15 Capricorn 04
Mars:15 Scorpio 51
Jupiter:24 Aquarius 24
Saturn:08 Aquarius 23
Uranus:12 Taurus 04 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 25 Rx
Pluto:24 Capricorn 51
True Lunar Node:01 Gemini 42
Mean Lunar Node:01 Gemini 36 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):14 Gemini 08
Chiron:08 Aries 45 Rx
Ceres:06 Gemini 05 Rx
Pallas:09 Pisces 41
Juno:02 Capricorn 49
Vesta:03 Sagittarius 26
Eris:23 Aries 54 Rx
Earth:4
Air:6
Water:5
Fixed:5
Mutable:8



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