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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 24 has an illumination of 78%. 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 24 the Moon is 19.34 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: 78%
Moon Age: 19.34 days
Moon Angle: 0.50
Moon Distance: 399,209.11 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,669,592.26 km
Useful Moon Resources
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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
24 November 2021
04:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:00 Leo 01
Mercury:00 Sagittarius 02
Venus:16 Capricorn 19
Mars:17 Scorpio 01
Jupiter:24 Aquarius 36
Saturn:08 Aquarius 30
Uranus:12 Taurus 00 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 25 Rx
Pluto:24 Capricorn 53
True Lunar Node:01 Gemini 42 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:01 Gemini 30 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):14 Gemini 19
Chiron:08 Aries 43 Rx
Ceres:05 Gemini 42 Rx
Pallas:09 Pisces 50
Juno:03 Capricorn 25
Vesta:04 Sagittarius 22
Eris:23 Aries 53 Rx
Earth:4
Air:6
Water:3
Fixed:5
Mutable:9
Northwestern Hemisphere
The time for the Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Chicago, Illinois, USA
November 24, 2021
11:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM CST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:03 Leo 33
Mercury:00 Sagittarius 29
Venus:16 Capricorn 32
Mars:17 Scorpio 13
Jupiter:24 Aquarius 38
Saturn:08 Aquarius 31
Uranus:11 Taurus 59 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 25 Rx
Pluto:24 Capricorn 54
True Lunar Node:01 Gemini 42 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:01 Gemini 30 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):14 Gemini 21
Chiron:08 Aries 43 Rx
Ceres:05 Gemini 37 Rx
Pallas:09 Pisces 52
Juno:03 Capricorn 32
Vesta:04 Sagittarius 31
Eris:23 Aries 53 Rx
Earth:4
Air:6
Water:3
Fixed:5
Mutable:9
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