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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 November 2021 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.
Today’s Last Quarter Phase
The Last Quarter on November 27 has an illumination of 50%. 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 27 the Moon is 22.13 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: 50%
Moon Age: 22.13 days
Moon Angle: 0.52
Moon Distance: 386,640.14 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,589,014.09 km
Useful Moon Resources
Check the weather before a night of Moon gazing at weather.com
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For Your Local Time and Date
Northeastern Hemisphere For 1700 CEST GMT 1600 Post 1000 CT
The time for the Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe
27 November 2021
04:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:07 Virgo 23
Mercury:04 Sagittarius 46
Venus:18 Capricorn 24
Mars:19 Scorpio 05
Jupiter:24 Aquarius 57
Saturn:08 Aquarius 43
Uranus:11 Taurus 53 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 24 Rx
Pluto:24 Capricorn 57
Mean Lunar Node:01 Gemini 21 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):14 Gemini 39
Chiron:08 Aries 39 Rx
Ceres:04 Gemini 59 Rx
Pallas:10 Pisces 08
Juno:04 Capricorn 30
Vesta:05 Sagittarius 59
Eris:23 Aries 51 Rx
Earth:5
Air:6
Water:3
Fixed:4
Mutable:10

Northwestern Hemisphere
The time for the Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Chicago, Illinois, USA
November 27, 2021
11:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM CST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:11 Virgo 10
Mercury:05 Sagittarius 13
Venus:18 Capricorn 35
Mars:19 Scorpio 17
Jupiter:24 Aquarius 59
Saturn:08 Aquarius 44
Uranus:11 Taurus 52 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 24 Rx
Pluto:24 Capricorn 58
True Lunar Node:01 Gemini 42
Mean Lunar Node:01 Gemini 20 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):14 Gemini 41
Chiron:08 Aries 39 Rx
Ceres:04 Gemini 55 Rx
Pallas:10 Pisces 10
Juno:04 Capricorn 36
Vesta:06 Sagittarius 08
Eris:23 Aries 51 Rx
Earth:5
Air:6
Water:3
Fixed:4
Mutable:10
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