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From Moongiant.com
The Moon’s current phase for today and tonight is a Waning Crescent phase. In this phase the Moon’s illumination is growing smaller each day until the New Moon. During this part of the Moon cycle, the Moon is getting closer to the Sun as viewed from Earth and the night side of the Moon is facing the Earth with only a small edge of the Moon being illuminated. This phase is best viewed an hour or 2 before the sunrise and can be quite beautiful if you’re willing to get up early. It can also be a great time to see the features of the Moon’s surface. Along the edge where the illuminated portion meets the dark side, the craters and mountains cast long shadows making them easier to observe with a telescope or binoculars.
Visit the December 2021 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.
Today’s Waning Crescent Phase
The Waning Crescent on December 3 has an illumination of 1%. 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 December 3 the Moon is 28.57 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: 1%
Moon Age: 28.57 days
Moon Angle: 0.55
Moon Distance: 363,940.10 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,444,444.18 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
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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
3 December 2021
04:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:02 Sagittarius 24
Mercury:14 Sagittarius 11
Venus:21 Capricorn 59
Mars:23 Scorpio 13
Jupiter:25 Aquarius 45
Saturn:09 Aquarius 11
Uranus:11 Taurus 40 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 24
Pluto:25 Capricorn 06
True Lunar Node:01 Gemini 44 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:01 Gemini 02 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):15 Gemini 19
Chiron:08 Aries 33 Rx
Ceres:03 Gemini 35 Rx
Pallas:10 Pisces 52
Juno:06 Capricorn 40
Vesta:09 Sagittarius 14
Earth:4
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
December 3, 2021
11:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM CST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:06 Sagittarius 50
Mercury:14 Sagittarius 39
Venus:22 Capricorn 08
Mars:23 Scorpio 25
Jupiter:25 Aquarius 47
Saturn:09 Aquarius 12
Uranus:11 Taurus 40 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 24
Pluto:25 Capricorn 07
True Lunar Node:01 Gemini 44 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:01 Gemini 01 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):15 Gemini 21
Chiron:08 Aries 33 Rx
Ceres:03 Gemini 31 Rx
Pallas:10 Pisces 55
Juno:06 Capricorn 47
Vesta:09 Sagittarius 23
Eris:23 Aries 49 Rx
Earth:4
Air:6
Water:3
Fixed:4
Mutable:10
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