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From Moongiant.com
The Moon’s current phase for today and tonight is a Waxing Gibbous phase. This phase is when the moon is more than 50% illuminated but not yet a Full Moon. The phase lasts about 7 days with the moon becoming more illuminated each day until the Full Moon. During a Waxing Gibbous the moon rises in the east in mid-afternoon and is high in the eastern sky at sunset. The moon is then visible through most of the night sky setting a few hours before sunrise. The word Gibbous first appeared in the 14th century and has its roots in the Latin word “gibbosus” meaning humpbacked.
Visit the December 2021 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.
Today’s Waxing Gibbous Phase
The Waxing Gibbous on December 15 has an illumination of 88%. 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 15 the Moon is 11.48 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: 88%
Moon Age: 11.48 days
Moon Angle: 0.50
Moon Distance: 401,949.84 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,227,157.16 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
15 December 2021
04:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:15 Taurus 51
Mercury:03 Capricorn 01
Venus:26 Capricorn 12
Mars:01 Sagittarius 35
Jupiter:27 Aquarius 35
Saturn:10 Aquarius 14
Uranus:11 Taurus 18 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 28
Pluto:25 Capricorn 26
True Lunar Node:01 Gemini 42
Mean Lunar Node:00 Gemini 24 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):16 Gemini 39
Chiron:08 Aries 27 Rx
Ceres:01 Gemini 01 Rx
Pallas:12 Pisces 51
Juno:11 Capricorn 08
Vesta:15 Sagittarius 43
Eris:23 Aries 45 Rx
Earth:6
Air:6
Water:2
Fixed:4
Mutable:9
Northwestern Hemisphere
The time for the Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Chicago, Illinois, USA
December 15, 2021
11:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM CST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:19 Taurus 18
Mercury:03 Capricorn 29
Venus:26 Capricorn 15
Mars:01 Sagittarius 47
Jupiter:27 Aquarius 38
Saturn:10 Aquarius 16
Uranus:11 Taurus 18 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 28
Pluto:25 Capricorn 26
True Lunar Node:01 Gemini 42
Mean Lunar Node:00 Gemini 23 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):16 Gemini 41
Chiron:08 Aries 27 Rx
Ceres:00 Gemini 58 Rx
Pallas:12 Pisces 55
Juno:11 Capricorn 14
Vesta:15 Sagittarius 53
Eris:23 Aries 45 Rx
Earth:6
Air:6
Water:2
Fixed:4
Mutable:9
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