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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 December 2021 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.
Waning Gibbous Phase
The Waning Gibbous on December 24 has an illumination of 76%. 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 24 the Moon is 19.61 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: 76%
Moon Age: 19.61 days
Moon Angle: 0.51
Moon Distance: 389,261.71 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,131,899.36 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 December 2021
04:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:03 Virgo 59
Mercury:17 Capricorn 09
Venus:25 Capricorn 55 Rx
Mars:07 Sagittarius 54
Jupiter:29 Aquarius 09
Saturn:11 Aquarius 08
Uranus:11 Taurus 05 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 33
Pluto:25 Capricorn 42
True Lunar Node:01 Gemini 14 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:29 Taurus 55 Rx
Chiron:08 Aries 27
Ceres:29 Taurus 31 Rx
Pallas:14 Pisces 43
Juno:14 Capricorn 33
Vesta:20 Sagittarius 35
Eris:23 Aries 43 Rx
Earth:9
Air:4
Water:2
Fixed:5
Mutable:7
Northwestern Hemisphere
The time for the Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Chicago, Illinois, USA
December 24, 2021
11:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM CST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:07 Virgo 41
Mercury:17 Capricorn 36
Venus:25 Capricorn 52 Rx
Mars:08 Sagittarius 07
Jupiter:29 Aquarius 13
Saturn:11 Aquarius 10
Uranus:11 Taurus 05 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 34
Pluto:25 Capricorn 43
Mean Lunar Node:29 Taurus 54 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):17 Gemini 41
Chiron:08 Aries 27
Ceres:29 Taurus 28 Rx
Pallas:14 Pisces 47
Juno:14 Capricorn 40
Vesta:20 Sagittarius 44
Eris:23 Aries 43 Rx
Earth:9
Air:4
Water:2
Fixed:5
Mutable:7
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