Month: January 2022

1 February 2022 Daily Correspondence Digest for the Southern Hemisphere’s Moon Phase and Planetary Positions

You can use this link to go forward or backward in time for Moon phase information. If you are curious, you can even find out what phase the Moon was in when you or anyone else, you know was on the date the person was born.

From Moongiant.com

Today and tonight the Moon will be in a New Moon phase. During this phase the Moon is too close to the sun in the sky to be visible. The moon rises and sets with the sun and is not present in the night sky. Because of this the night sky is darker and an excellent time to view other celestial objects. Like the Full Moon, a New Moon happens at a very specific time when the sun and moon have the same ecliptic longitude and it can be measured down to the second it occurs.

Visit the February 2022 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s New Moon Phase

The New Moon on February 1 has an illumination of 0%. 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 February 1 the Moon is 0.3 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

Phase: New Moon
Illumination: 0%
Moon Age: 0.30 days
Moon Angle: 0.54
Moon Distance: 371,190.09 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,423,018.97 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

If you need to calculate the planetary positions for a specific use and time, click on this link

Currentplanetarypositions.com

To figure out GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) to your local time use this link

 For Your Local Time and Date

Southeastern Hemisphere

The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America

1 February 2022
08:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM BRT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:12 Aquarius 56
Moon:21 Aquarius 00
Mercury:24 Capricorn 44 Rx
Venus:11 Capricorn 19
Mars:06 Capricorn 02
Jupiter:07 Pisces 24
Saturn:15 Aquarius 35
Uranus:10 Taurus 54
Neptune:21 Pisces 27
Pluto:26 Capricorn 59
True Lunar Node:28 Taurus 37 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:27 Taurus 51 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):22 Gemini 00
Chiron:09 Aries 18
Ceres:29 Taurus 01
Pallas:25 Pisces 46
Juno:29 Capricorn 57
Vesta:11 Capricorn 24
Eris:23 Aries 44
Fire:2
Earth:10
Air:4
Water:3
Cardinal:8
Fixed:7
Mutable:4

 

Southern Hemisphere

The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Cape Town, South Africa

1 February 2022
03:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM SAST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:12 Aquarius 43
Moon:17 Aquarius 58
Mercury:24 Capricorn 48 Rx
Venus:11 Capricorn 17
Mars:05 Capricorn 53
Jupiter:07 Pisces 21
Saturn:15 Aquarius 34
Uranus:10 Taurus 54
Neptune:21 Pisces 27
Pluto:26 Capricorn 58
True Lunar Node:28 Taurus 39 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:27 Taurus 51 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):21 Gemini 58
Chiron:09 Aries 17
Ceres:29 Taurus 00
Pallas:25 Pisces 42
Juno:29 Capricorn 52
Vesta:11 Capricorn 18
Eris:23 Aries 44
Fire:2
Earth:10
Air:4
Water:3
Cardinal:8
Fixed:7
Mutable:4

 

Southwestern Hemisphere

The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 

1 February 2022
06:00 am GMT 5:00 PM AEDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:12 Aquarius 21
Moon:12 Aquarius 29
Mercury:24 Capricorn 57 Rx
Venus:11 Capricorn 15
Mars:05 Capricorn 37
Jupiter:07 Pisces 16
Saturn:15 Aquarius 31
Uranus:10 Taurus 54
Neptune:21 Pisces 26
Pluto:26 Capricorn 57
True Lunar Node:28 Taurus 44 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:27 Taurus 53 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):21 Gemini 56
Chiron:09 Aries 17
Ceres:28 Taurus 57
Pallas:25 Pisces 34
Juno:29 Capricorn 43
Vesta:11 Capricorn 06
Eris:23 Aries 44
Fire:2
Earth:10
Air:4
Water:3
Cardinal:8
Fixed:7
Mutable:4

January 31, 2022 Daily Correspondence Digest for the Northern Hemisphere’s Moon Phase and Planetary Positions

You can use this link to go forward or backward in time for Moon phase information. If you are curious, you can even find out what phase the Moon was in when you or anyone else, you know was on the date the person was born.

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 January 2022 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Waning Crescent Phase

The Waning Crescent on January 31 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 January 31 the Moon is 28.71 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

Phase: Waning Crescent
Illumination: 1%
Moon Age: 28.71 days
Moon Angle: 0.54
Moon Distance: 367,662.94 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,401,812.29 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

If you need to calculate the planetary positions for a specific use and time, click on this link

Currentplanetarypositions.com

To figure out GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) to your local time use this link

For Your Local Time and Date

Northwestern Hemisphere

The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Los Angeles, California, USA

January 31, 2022
12:00 am GMT 4:00 PM PST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:11 Aquarius 04
Moon:24 Capricorn 00
Mercury:25 Capricorn 34 Rx
Venus:11 Capricorn 08
Mars:04 Capricorn 42
Jupiter:06 Pisces 59
Saturn:15 Aquarius 22
Uranus:10 Taurus 53
Neptune:21 Pisces 24
Pluto:26 Capricorn 55
True Lunar Node:28 Taurus 57 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:27 Taurus 57 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):21 Gemini 47
Chiron:09 Aries 14
Ceres:28 Taurus 49
Pallas:25 Pisces 10
Juno:29 Capricorn 13
Vesta:10 Capricorn 27
Eris:23 Aries 43
Fire:2
Earth:11
Air:3
Water:3
Cardinal:9
Fixed:6
Mutable:4

Northern Hemisphere

The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Chicago, Illinois, USA

January 31, 2022
10:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:12 Aquarius 00
Moon:07 Aquarius 34
Mercury:25 Capricorn 05 Rx
Venus:11 Capricorn 12
Mars:05 Capricorn 22
Jupiter:07 Pisces 12
Saturn:15 Aquarius 28
Uranus:10 Taurus 54
Neptune:21 Pisces 26
Pluto:26 Capricorn 57
True Lunar Node:28 Taurus 48 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:27 Taurus 54 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):21 Gemini 53
Chiron:09 Aries 16
Ceres:28 Taurus 55
Pallas:25 Pisces 28
Juno:29 Capricorn 35
Vesta:10 Capricorn 56
Eris:23 Aries 43
Fire:2
Earth:10
Air:4
Water:3
Cardinal:8
Fixed:7
Mutable:4

Northeastern Hemisphere For 1600 CEST GMT 1500 Post 0900CT

The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe

31 January 2022
03:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:11 Aquarius 42
Moon:03 Aquarius 16
Mercury:25 Capricorn 13 Rx
Venus:11 Capricorn 11
Mars:05 Capricorn 09
Jupiter:07 Pisces 08
Saturn:15 Aquarius 26
Uranus:10 Taurus 54
Neptune:21 Pisces 25
Pluto:26 Capricorn 56
True Lunar Node:28 Taurus 51 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:27 Taurus 55 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):21 Gemini 51
Chiron:09 Aries 15
Ceres:28 Taurus 53
Pallas:25 Pisces 22
Juno:29 Capricorn 28
Vesta:10 Capricorn 47
Eris:23 Aries 43
Fire:2
Earth:10
Air:4
Water:3
Cardinal:8
Fixed:7
Mutable:4

January 31 2022 Daily Correspondence Digest for the Southern Hemisphere’s Moon Phase and Planetary Positions

You can use this link to go forward or backward in time for Moon phase information. If you are curious, you can even find out what phase the Moon was in when you or anyone else, you know was on the date the person was born.

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 January 2022 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Waning Crescent Phase

The Waning Crescent on January 31 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 January 31 the Moon is 28.71 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

Phase: Waning Crescent
Illumination: 1%
Moon Age: 28.71 days
Moon Angle: 0.54
Moon Distance: 367,662.94 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,401,812.29 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

If you need to calculate the planetary positions for a specific use and time, click on this link

Currentplanetarypositions.com

To figure out GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) to your local time use this link

 For Your Local Time and Date

Southeastern Hemisphere

The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America

31 January 2022
08:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM BRT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:11 Aquarius 55
Moon:06 Aquarius 21
Mercury:25 Capricorn 08 Rx
Venus:11 Capricorn 12
Mars:05 Capricorn 19
Jupiter:07 Pisces 10
Saturn:15 Aquarius 28
Uranus:10 Taurus 54
Neptune:21 Pisces 26
Pluto:26 Capricorn 57
True Lunar Node:28 Taurus 49 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:27 Taurus 54 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):21 Gemini 53
Chiron:09 Aries 16
Ceres:28 Taurus 54
Pallas:25 Pisces 26
Juno:29 Capricorn 33
Vesta:10 Capricorn 53
Eris:23 Aries 43
Fire:2
Earth:10
Air:4
Water:3
Cardinal:8
Fixed:7
Mutable:4

 

Southern Hemisphere

The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Cape Town, South Africa

31 January 2022
03:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM SAST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:11 Aquarius 42
Moon:03 Aquarius 16
Mercury:25 Capricorn 13 Rx
Venus:11 Capricorn 11
Mars:05 Capricorn 09
Jupiter:07 Pisces 08
Saturn:15 Aquarius 26
Uranus:10 Taurus 54
Neptune:21 Pisces 25
Pluto:26 Capricorn 56
True Lunar Node:28 Taurus 51 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:27 Taurus 55 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):21 Gemini 51
Chiron:09 Aries 15
Ceres:28 Taurus 53
Pallas:25 Pisces 22
Juno:29 Capricorn 28
Vesta:10 Capricorn 47
Eris:23 Aries 43
Fire:2
Earth:10
Air:4
Water:3
Cardinal:8
Fixed:7
Mutable:4

 

Obliquity of the Nine Planets

Southwestern Hemisphere

The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 

31 January 2022
06:00 am GMT 5:00 PM AEDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:11 Aquarius 20
Moon:27 Capricorn 43
Mercury:25 Capricorn 25 Rx
Venus:11 Capricorn 09
Mars:04 Capricorn 53
Jupiter:07 Pisces 02
Saturn:15 Aquarius 24
Uranus:10 Taurus 53
Neptune:21 Pisces 24
Pluto:26 Capricorn 56
True Lunar Node:28 Taurus 55 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:27 Taurus 56 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):21 Gemini 49

Chiron:09 Aries 14

Ceres:28 Taurus 51
Pallas:25 Pisces 15
Juno:29 Capricorn 19
Vesta:10 Capricorn 35
Eris:23 Aries 43

Fire:2
Earth:11
Air:3
Water:3
Cardinal:9
Fixed:6
Mutable:4

January 30, 2022 Daily Correspondence Digest for the Northern Hemisphere’s Moon Phase and Planetary Positions

You can use this link to go forward or backward in time for Moon phase information. If you are curious, you can even find out what phase the Moon was in when you or anyone else, you know was on the date the person was born.

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 January 2022 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Waning Crescent Phase

The Waning Crescent on January 30 has an illumination of 4%. 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 January 30 the Moon is 27.57 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

Phase: Waning Crescent
Illumination: 4%
Moon Age: 27.57 days
Moon Angle: 0.55
Moon Distance: 365,087.68 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,381,272.24 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

If you need to calculate the planetary positions for a specific use and time, click on this link

Currentplanetarypositions.com

To figure out GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) to your local time use this link

For Your Local Time and Date

Northwestern Hemisphere

The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Los Angeles, California, USA

January 30, 2022
12:00 am GMT 4:00 PM PST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:10 Aquarius 03
Moon:09 Capricorn 09
Mercury:26 Capricorn 13 Rx
Venus:11 Capricorn 05
Mars:03 Capricorn 58
Jupiter:06 Pisces 45
Saturn:15 Aquarius 15
Uranus:10 Taurus 52
Neptune:21 Pisces 22
Pluto:26 Capricorn 53

True Lunar Node:29 Taurus 05 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:28 Taurus 00 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):21 Gemini 41
Chiron:09 Aries 12
Ceres:28 Taurus 43
Pallas:24 Pisces 50
Juno:28 Capricorn 49
Vesta:09 Capricorn 56
Eris:23 Aries 43

Fire:2
Earth:11
Air:3
Water:3
Cardinal:9
Fixed:6
Mutable:4
Obliquity of the Nine Planets

 

Northern Hemisphere

The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Chicago, Illinois, USA

January 30, 2022
10:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:10 Aquarius 59
Moon:22 Capricorn 46
Mercury:25 Capricorn 36 Rx
Venus:11 Capricorn 08
Mars:04 Capricorn 38
Jupiter:06 Pisces 58
Saturn:15 Aquarius 21
Uranus:10 Taurus 53
Neptune:21 Pisces 24
Pluto:26 Capricorn 55
True Lunar Node:28 Taurus 58 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:27 Taurus 57 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):21 Gemini 47
Chiron:09 Aries 14
Ceres:28 Taurus 49
Pallas:25 Pisces 08
Juno:29 Capricorn 11
Vesta:10 Capricorn 24
Eris:23 Aries 43
Fire:2
Earth:11
Air:3
Water:3
Cardinal:9
Fixed:6
Mutable:4
Obliquity of the Nine Planets

Northeastern Hemisphere

The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe

30 January 2022
03:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:10 Aquarius 41
Moon:18 Capricorn 26
Mercury:25 Capricorn 47 Rx
Venus:11 Capricorn 07
Mars:04 Capricorn 26
Jupiter:06 Pisces 54
Saturn:15 Aquarius 19
Uranus:10 Taurus 53
Neptune:21 Pisces 23
Pluto:26 Capricorn 54
True Lunar Node:29 Taurus 00 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:27 Taurus 58 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):21 Gemini 45
Chiron:09 Aries 13
Ceres:28 Taurus 47
Pallas:25 Pisces 03
Juno:29 Capricorn 04
Vesta:10 Capricorn 15
Eris:23 Aries 43Fire:2
Earth:11
Air:3
Water:3
Cardinal:9
Fixed:6
Mutable:4

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.

2022 January 30

A Solar Prominence from SOHO

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, SOHO-EIT Consortium

Explanation: How can gas float above the Sun? Twisted magnetic fields arching from the solar surface can trap ionized gas, suspending it in huge looping structures. These majestic plasma arches are seen as prominences above the solar limb. In 1999, this dramatic and detailed image was recorded by the Extreme ultraviolet Image Telescope (EIT) on board the space-based SOHO observatory in the light emitted by ionized Helium. It shows hot plasma escaping into space as a fiery prominence breaks free from magnetic confinement a hundred thousand kilometers above the Sun. These awesome events bear watching as they can affect communications and power systems over 100 million kilometers away on planet Earth. In late 2020 our Sun passed the solar minimum of its 11-year cycle and is now showing increased surface activity.

30 January 2022 Daily Correspondence Digest for the Southern Hemisphere’s Moon Phase and Planetary Positions

You can use this link to go forward or backward in time for Moon phase information. If you are curious, you can even find out what phase the Moon was in when you or anyone else, you know was on the date the person was born.

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 January 2022 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Waning Crescent Phase

The Waning Crescent on January 30 has an illumination of 4%. 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 January 30 the Moon is 27.57 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

Phase: Waning Crescent
Illumination: 4%
Moon Age: 27.57 days
Moon Angle: 0.55
Moon Distance: 365,087.68 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,381,272.24 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

If you need to calculate the planetary positions for a specific use and time, click on this link

Currentplanetarypositions.com

To figure out GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) to your local time use this link

 For Your Local Time and Date

Southeastern Hemisphere

The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America

30 January 2022
08:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM BRT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:10 Aquarius 54
Moon:21 Capricorn 32
Mercury:25 Capricorn 39 Rx
Venus:11 Capricorn 07
Mars:04 Capricorn 35
Jupiter:06 Pisces 57
Saturn:15 Aquarius 21
Uranus:10 Taurus 53
Neptune:21 Pisces 24
Pluto:26 Capricorn 55
True Lunar Node:28 Taurus 59 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:27 Taurus 57 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):21 Gemini 46
Chiron:09 Aries 14
Ceres:28 Taurus 48
Pallas:25 Pisces 07
Juno:29 Capricorn 09
Vesta:10 Capricorn 22
Eris:23 Aries 43
Fire:2
Earth:11
Air:3
Water:3
Cardinal:9
Fixed:6
Mutable:4

Southern Hemisphere

The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Cape Town, South Africa

30 January 2022
03:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM SAST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:10 Aquarius 41
Moon:18 Capricorn 26
Mercury:25 Capricorn 47 Rx
Venus:11 Capricorn 07
Mars:04 Capricorn 26
Jupiter:06 Pisces 54
Saturn:15 Aquarius 19
Uranus:10 Taurus 53
Neptune:21 Pisces 23
Pluto:26 Capricorn 54
True Lunar Node:29 Taurus 00 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:27 Taurus 58 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):21 Gemini 45
Chiron:09 Aries 13
Ceres:28 Taurus 47
Pallas:25 Pisces 03
Juno:29 Capricorn 04
Vesta:10 Capricorn 15
Eris:23 Aries 43
Fire:2
Earth:11
Air:3
Water:3
Cardinal:9
Fixed:6
Mutable:4

Southwestern Hemisphere

The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 

30 January 2022
06:00 am GMT 5:00 PM AEDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:10 Aquarius 19
Moon:12 Capricorn 52
Mercury:26 Capricorn 02 Rx
Venus:11 Capricorn 06
Mars:04 Capricorn 09
Jupiter:06 Pisces 49
Saturn:15 Aquarius 16
Uranus:10 Taurus 53
Neptune:21 Pisces 23
Pluto:26 Capricorn 54
True Lunar Node:29 Taurus 03 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:27 Taurus 59 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):21 Gemini 42
Chiron:09 Aries 12
Ceres:28 Taurus 45
Pallas:24 Pisces 55
Juno:28 Capricorn 55
Vesta:10 Capricorn 03
Eris:23 Aries 43
Fire:2
Earth:11
Air:3
Water:3
Cardinal:9
Fixed:6
Mutable:4

Let’s Have Some Fun – Lammas

 

January 29, 2022 Daily Correspondence Digest for the Northern Hemisphere’s Moon Phase and Planetary Positions

You can use this link to go forward or backward in time for Moon phase information. If you are curious, you can even find out what phase the Moon was in when you or anyone else, you know was on the date the person was born.

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 January 2022 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Waning Crescent Phase

The Waning Crescent on January 29 has an illumination of 10%. 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 January 29 the Moon is 26.44 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

Phase: Waning Crescent
Illumination: 10%
Moon Age: 26.44 days
Moon Angle: 0.55
Moon Distance: 363,619.67 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,361,405.45 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

If you need to calculate the planetary positions for a specific use and time, click on this link

Currentplanetarypositions.com

To figure out GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) to your local time use this link

For Your Local Time and Date

Northwestern Hemisphere

The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Los Angeles, California, USA

January 29, 2022
12:00 am GMT 4:00 PM PST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:09 Aquarius 02
Moon:24 Sagittarius 24
Mercury:27 Capricorn 01 Rx
Venus:11 Capricorn 05 Rx
Mars:03 Capricorn 15
Jupiter:06 Pisces 31
Saturn:15 Aquarius 08
Uranus:10 Taurus 52
Neptune:21 Pisces 20
Pluto:26 Capricorn 51
True Lunar Node:29 Taurus 10 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:28 Taurus 03 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):21 Gemini 34
Chiron:09 Aries 10
Ceres:28 Taurus 37
Pallas:24 Pisces 31
Juno:28 Capricorn 25
Vesta:09 Capricorn 24
Eris:23 Aries 43
Fire:3
Earth:10
Air:3
Water:3
Cardinal:8
Fixed:6
Mutable:5

 

Northern Hemisphere

The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Chicago, Illinois, USA

January 29, 2022
10:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:09 Aquarius 58
Moon:07 Capricorn 55
Mercury:26 Capricorn 16 Rx
Venus:11 Capricorn 05
Mars:03 Capricorn 55
Jupiter:06 Pisces 44
Saturn:15 Aquarius 14
Uranus:10 Taurus 52
Neptune:21 Pisces 22
Pluto:26 Capricorn 53
True Lunar Node:29 Taurus 05 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:28 Taurus 00 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):21 Gemini 40
Chiron:09 Aries 12
Ceres:28 Taurus 43
Pallas:24 Pisces 49
Juno:28 Capricorn 47
Vesta:09 Capricorn 53

Eris:23 Aries 43
Fire:2
Earth:11
Air:3
Water:3
Cardinal:9
Fixed:6
Mutable:4 

Northeastern Hemisphere

The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe

29 January 2022
03:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:09 Aquarius 41
Moon:03 Capricorn 36
Mercury:26 Capricorn 30 Rx
Venus:11 Capricorn 05
Mars:03 Capricorn 42
Jupiter:06 Pisces 40
Saturn:15 Aquarius 12
Uranus:10 Taurus 52
Neptune:21 Pisces 22
Pluto:26 Capricorn 52
True Lunar Node:29 Taurus 07 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:28 Taurus 01 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):21 Gemini 38
Chiron:09 Aries 11
Ceres:28 Taurus 41
Pallas:24 Pisces 43
Juno:28 Capricorn 40
Vesta:09 Capricorn 44
Eris:23 Aries 43
Fire:2
Earth:11
Air:3
Water:3
Cardinal:9
Fixed:6
Mutable:4

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.

2022 January 29

The Fornax Cluster of Galaxies

Image Credit & Copyright: Marco Lorenzi, Angus Lau, Tommy Tse

Explanation: Named for the southern constellation toward which most of its galaxies can be found, the Fornax Cluster is one of the closest clusters of galaxies. About 62 million light-years away, it is almost 20 times more distant than our neighboring Andromeda Galaxy, and only about 10 percent farther than the better known and more populated Virgo Galaxy Cluster. Seen across this two degree wide field-of-view, almost every yellowish splotch on the image is an elliptical galaxy in the Fornax cluster. Elliptical galaxies NGC 1399 and NGC 1404 are the dominant, bright cluster members toward the upper left (but not the spiky foreground stars). A standout barred spiral galaxy NGC 1365 is visible on the lower right as a prominent Fornax cluster member.

A Thought for Today

Merry Meet and Merry Greet dear Sisters, Brothers, and Guests.

Merry Part and blessed be until we Merry Meet again

Printable Spell

Let’s Have Some Fun – Imbolc

 

29 January 2022 Daily Correspondence Digest for the Southern Hemisphere’s Moon Phase and Planetary Positions

You can use this link to go forward or backward in time for Moon phase information. If you are curious, you can even find out what phase the Moon was in when you or anyone else, you know was on the date the person was born.

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 January 2022 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Waning Crescent Phase

The Waning Crescent on January 29 has an illumination of 10%. 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 January 29 the Moon is 26.44 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

Phase: Waning Crescent
Illumination: 10%
Moon Age: 26.44 days
Moon Angle: 0.55
Moon Distance: 363,619.67 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,361,405.45 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

If you need to calculate the planetary positions for a specific use and time, click on this link

Currentplanetarypositions.com

To figure out GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) to your local time use this link

 For Your Local Time and Date

Southeastern Hemisphere

The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America

29 January 2022
08:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM BRT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:09 Aquarius 53
Moon:06 Capricorn 41
Mercury:26 Capricorn 20 Rx
Venus:11 Capricorn 05
Mars:03 Capricorn 51
Jupiter:06 Pisces 43
Saturn:15 Aquarius 14
Uranus:10 Taurus 52
Neptune:21 Pisces 22
Pluto:26 Capricorn 53

True Lunar Node:29 Taurus 06 Rx

Mean Lunar Node:28 Taurus 00 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):21 Gemini 40
Chiron:09 Aries 11
Ceres:28 Taurus 42
Pallas:24 Pisces 47
Juno:28 Capricorn 45
Vesta:09 Capricorn 50
Eris:23 Aries 43

Fire:2
Earth:11
Air:3
Water:3
Cardinal:9
Fixed:6
Mutable:4

Southern Hemisphere

The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Cape Town, South Africa

29 January 2022
03:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM SAST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:09 Aquarius 41
Moon:03 Capricorn 36
Mercury:26 Capricorn 30 Rx
Venus:11 Capricorn 05
Mars:03 Capricorn 42
Jupiter:06 Pisces 40
Saturn:15 Aquarius 12
Uranus:10 Taurus 52
Neptune:21 Pisces 22
Pluto:26 Capricorn 52
True Lunar Node:29 Taurus 07 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:28 Taurus 01 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):21 Gemini 38
Chiron:09 Aries 11
Ceres:28 Taurus 41
Pallas:24 Pisces 43
Juno:28 Capricorn 40
Vesta:09 Capricorn 44
Eris:23 Aries 43
Fire:2
Earth:11
Air:3
Water:3
Cardinal:9
Fixed:6
Mutable:4

Southwestern Hemisphere

The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 

29 January 2022
06:00 am GMT 5:00 PM AEDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:09 Aquarius 18
Moon:28 Sagittarius 04
Mercury:26 Capricorn 48 Rx
Venus:11 Capricorn 05 Rx
Mars:03 Capricorn 26
Jupiter:06 Pisces 35
Saturn:15 Aquarius 09
Uranus:10 Taurus 52
Neptune:21 Pisces 21
Pluto:26 Capricorn 52
True Lunar Node:29 Taurus 09 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:28 Taurus 02 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):21 Gemini 36
Chiron:09 Aries 10
Ceres:28 Taurus 39
Pallas:24 Pisces 36
Juno:28 Capricorn 31
Vesta:09 Capricorn 32
Eris:23 Aries 43
Fire:3
Earth:10
Air:3
Water:3
Cardinal:8
Fixed:6
Mutable:5

January 28, 2022 Daily Correspondence Digest for the Northern Hemisphere’s Moon Phase and Planetary Positions

You can use this link to go forward or backward in time for Moon phase information. If you are curious, you can even find out what phase the Moon was in when you or anyone else, you know was on the date the person was born.

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 January 2022 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Waning Crescent Phase

The Waning Crescent on January 28 has an illumination of 19%. 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 January 28 the Moon is 25.32 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

Phase: Waning Crescent
Illumination: 19%
Moon Age: 25.32 days
Moon Angle: 0.55
Moon Distance: 363,341.03 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,342,218.34 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

If you need to calculate the planetary positions for a specific use and time, click on this link

Currentplanetarypositions.com

To figure out GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) to your local time use this link

For Your Local Time and Date

Northwestern Hemisphere

The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Los Angeles, California, USA

January 28, 2022
12:00 am GMT 4:00 PM PST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:08 Aquarius 01
Moon:09 Sagittarius 50
Mercury:27 Capricorn 57 Rx
Venus:11 Capricorn 07 Rx
Mars:02 Capricorn 31
Jupiter:06 Pisces 18
Saturn:15 Aquarius 00
Uranus:10 Taurus 51
Neptune:21 Pisces 19
Pluto:26 Capricorn 49
True Lunar Node:29 Taurus 12 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:28 Taurus 06 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):21 Gemini 27
Chiron:09 Aries 08
Ceres:28 Taurus 32
Pallas:24 Pisces 12
Juno:28 Capricorn 01
Vesta:08 Capricorn 53
Eris:23 Aries 43
Fire:3
Earth:10
Air:3
Water:3
Cardinal:8
Fixed:6
Mutable:5

 

Northern Hemisphere

The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Chicago, Illinois, USA

January 28, 2022
10:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:08 Aquarius 57
Moon:23 Sagittarius 10
Mercury:27 Capricorn 05 Rx
Venus:11 Capricorn 05 Rx
Mars:03 Capricorn 11
Jupiter:06 Pisces 30
Saturn:15 Aquarius 07
Uranus:10 Taurus 52
Neptune:21 Pisces 20
Pluto:26 Capricorn 51
True Lunar Node:29 Taurus 10 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:28 Taurus 03 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):21 Gemini 33
Chiron:09 Aries 09
Ceres:28 Taurus 37
Pallas:24 Pisces 29
Juno:28 Capricorn 23
Vesta:09 Capricorn 22
Eris:23 Aries 43

Fire:3
Earth:10
Air:3
Water:3
Cardinal:8
Fixed:6
Mutable:5

Northeastern Hemisphere

The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe

28 January 2022
03:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:08 Aquarius 40
Moon:18 Sagittarius 54
Mercury:27 Capricorn 21 Rx
Venus:11 Capricorn 05 Rx
Mars:02 Capricorn 58
Jupiter:06 Pisces 26
Saturn:15 Aquarius 05
Uranus:10 Taurus 52
Neptune:21 Pisces 20
Pluto:26 Capricorn 50
True Lunar Node:29 Taurus 11 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:28 Taurus 04 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):21 Gemini 32
Chiron:09 Aries 09
Ceres:28 Taurus 35
Pallas:24 Pisces 24
Juno:28 Capricorn 16
Vesta:09 Capricorn 12
Eris:23 Aries 43
Fire:3
Earth:10
Air:3
Water:3
Cardinal:8
Fixed:6
Mutable:5

28 January 2022 Daily Correspondence Digest for the Southern Hemisphere’s Moon Phase and Planetary Positions

You can use this link to go forward or backward in time for Moon phase information. If you are curious, you can even find out what phase the Moon was in when you or anyone else, you know was on the date the person was born.

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 January 2022 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Waning Crescent Phase

The Waning Crescent on January 28 has an illumination of 19%. 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 January 28 the Moon is 25.32 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

Phase: Waning Crescent
Illumination: 19%
Moon Age: 25.32 days
Moon Angle: 0.55
Moon Distance: 363,341.03 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,342,218.34 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

If you need to calculate the planetary positions for a specific use and time, click on this link

Currentplanetarypositions.com

To figure out GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) to your local time use this link

 For Your Local Time and Date

Southeastern Hemisphere

The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America

28 January 2022
08:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM BRT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:08 Aquarius 52
Moon:21 Sagittarius 57
Mercury:27 Capricorn 09 Rx
Venus:11 Capricorn 05 Rx
Mars:03 Capricorn 07
Jupiter:06 Pisces 29
Saturn:15 Aquarius 06
Uranus:10 Taurus 52
Neptune:21 Pisces 20
Pluto:26 Capricorn 51
True Lunar Node:29 Taurus 10 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:28 Taurus 03 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):21 Gemini 33
Chiron:09 Aries 09
Ceres:28 Taurus 36
Pallas:24 Pisces 28
Juno:28 Capricorn 21
Vesta:09 Capricorn 19
Eris:23 Aries 43
Fire:3
Earth:10
Air:3
Water:3
Cardinal:8
Fixed:6
Mutable:5

Southern Hemisphere

The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Cape Town, South Africa

28 January 2022
03:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM SAST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:08 Aquarius 40
Moon:18 Sagittarius 54
Mercury:27 Capricorn 21 Rx
Venus:11 Capricorn 05 Rx
Mars:02 Capricorn 58
Jupiter:06 Pisces 26
Saturn:15 Aquarius 05
Uranus:10 Taurus 52
Neptune:21 Pisces 20
Pluto:26 Capricorn 50
True Lunar Node:29 Taurus 11 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:28 Taurus 04 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):21 Gemini 32
Chiron:09 Aries 09
Ceres:28 Taurus 35
Pallas:24 Pisces 24
Juno:28 Capricorn 16
Vesta:09 Capricorn 12
Eris:23 Aries 43
Fire:3
Earth:10
Air:3
Water:3
Cardinal:8
Fixed:6
Mutable:5

Southwestern Hemisphere

The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 

28 January 2022
06:00 am GMT 5:00 PM AEDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:08 Aquarius 17
Moon:13 Sagittarius 27
Mercury:27 Capricorn 42 Rx
Venus:11 Capricorn 06 Rx
Mars:02 Capricorn 42
Jupiter:06 Pisces 21
Saturn:15 Aquarius 02
Uranus:10 Taurus 52
Neptune:21 Pisces 19
Pluto:26 Capricorn 50
True Lunar Node:29 Taurus 12 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:28 Taurus 05 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):21 Gemini 29
Chiron:09 Aries 08
Ceres:28 Taurus 33
Pallas:24 Pisces 17
Juno:28 Capricorn 07
Vesta:09 Capricorn 01
Eris:23 Aries 43
Fire:3
Earth:10
Air:3
Water:3
Cardinal:8
Fixed:6
Mutable:5

I Apologize to My Readers in the Southern Hemisphere

Greetings Sisters, Brothers, and Honored Guests,

I am very sorry that the ‘ Daily Correspondence Digest for the Southern Hemisphere’s Moon Phase and Planetary Positions ‘ has been missing for some days in January. As you might have read in other posts, I have been having a lot of fibromyalgia problems along with arthritis ones this winter. Our winter where I live in the Midwestern United States has been going from below 0F up to in the 40’s F which is causing me multiple fibromyalgia flares. During fibromyalgia flares I get what is referred to as brain fog and since I have had problems with short term memory from the age of 2 years old after a major car accident, I was in. I think I have done all the major posts for both hemispheres only to come back the next day and find I have once again forgot to do the major post for your hemisphere. From today forward I am making myself a check list to make sure I do not forget to do the ‘ Daily Correspondence Digest for the Southern Hemisphere’s Moon Phase and Planetary Positions ‘. I will also make sure I do not forget to do Southern Hemisphere Sabbat posts at the appropriate time.

May you all be blessed with a beautiful spring and a summer that is not too hot and that both seasons bring you adequate amounts of rain.

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.

2022 January 27

South of Orion

Image Credit & Copyright: Vikas Chander

Explanation: South of the large star-forming region known as the Orion Nebula, lies bright blue reflection nebula NGC 1999. At the edge of the Orion molecular cloud complex some 1,500 light-years distant, NGC 1999’s illumination is provided by the embedded variable star V380 Orionis. The nebula is marked with a dark sideways T-shape at center right in this telescopic vista that spans about two full moons on the sky. Its dark shape was once assumed to be an obscuring dust cloud seen in silhouette. But infrared data suggest the shape is likely a hole blown through the nebula itself by energetic young stars. In fact, this region abounds with energetic young stars producing jets and outflows with luminous shock waves. Cataloged as Herbig-Haro (HH) objects, named for astronomers George Herbig and Guillermo Haro, the shocks have intense reddish hues. HH1 and HH2 are just below and right of NGC 1999. HH222, also known as the Waterfall nebula, looks like a red gash near top right in the frame. To create the shocks stellar jets push through the surrounding material at speeds of hundreds of kilometers per second.

January 27, 2022 Daily Correspondence Digest for the Northern Hemisphere’s Moon Phase and Planetary Positions

You can use this link to go forward or backward in time for Moon phase information. If you are curious, you can even find out what phase the Moon was in when you or anyone else, you know was on the date the person was born.

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 January 2022 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Waning Crescent Phase

The Waning Crescent on January 27 has an illumination of 29%. 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 January 27 the Moon is 24.21 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

Phase: Waning Crescent
Illumination: 29%
Moon Age: 24.21 days
Moon Angle: 0.55
Moon Distance: 364,256.38 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,323,717.13 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

If you need to calculate the planetary positions for a specific use and time, click on this link

Currentplanetarypositions.com

To figure out GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) to your local time use this link

For Your Local Time and Date

Northwestern Hemisphere

The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Los Angeles, California, USA

January 27, 2022
12:00 am GMT 4:00 PM PST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:07 Aquarius 00
Moon:25 Scorpio 31
Mercury:29 Capricorn 00 Rx
Venus:11 Capricorn 12 Rx
Mars:01 Capricorn 47
Jupiter:06 Pisces 04
Saturn:14 Aquarius 53
Uranus:10 Taurus 51
Neptune:21 Pisces 17
Pluto:26 Capricorn 47
True Lunar Node:29 Taurus 13
Mean Lunar Node:28 Taurus 09 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):21 Gemini 21
Chiron:09 Aries 06
Ceres:28 Taurus 27
Pallas:23 Pisces 53
Juno:27 Capricorn 38
Vesta:08 Capricorn 21
Eris:23 Aries 42
Fire:2
Earth:10
Air:3
Water:4
Cardinal:8
Fixed:7
Mutable:4

 

Northern Hemisphere

The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Chicago, Illinois, USA

January 27, 2022
10:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:07 Aquarius 56
Moon:08 Sagittarius 37
Mercury:28 Capricorn 02 Rx
Venus:11 Capricorn 07 Rx
Mars:02 Capricorn 27
Jupiter:06 Pisces 17
Saturn:15 Aquarius 00
Uranus:10 Taurus 51
Neptune:21 Pisces 18
Pluto:26 Capricorn 49
True Lunar Node:29 Taurus 12 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:28 Taurus 06 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):21 Gemini 27
Chiron:09 Aries 07
Ceres:28 Taurus 32
Pallas:24 Pisces 10
Juno:27 Capricorn 59
Vesta:08 Capricorn 50
Eris:23 Aries 43
Fire:3
Earth:10
Air:3
Water:3
Cardinal:8
Fixed:6
Mutable:5

Northeastern Hemisphere

The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe

27 January 2022
03:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:07 Aquarius 39
Moon:04 Sagittarius 26
Mercury:28 Capricorn 19 Rx
Venus:11 Capricorn 08 Rx
Mars:02 Capricorn 15
Jupiter:06 Pisces 13
Saturn:14 Aquarius 58
Uranus:10 Taurus 51
Neptune:21 Pisces 18
Pluto:26 Capricorn 48
True Lunar Node:29 Taurus 12 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:28 Taurus 07 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):21 Gemini 25
Chiron:09 Aries 07
Ceres:28 Taurus 30
Pallas:24 Pisces 05
Juno:27 Capricorn 52
Vesta:08 Capricorn 41
Eris:23 Aries 43
Fire:3
Earth:10
Air:3
Water:3
Cardinal:8
Fixed:6
Mutable:5

27 January 2022 Daily Correspondence Digest for the Southern Hemisphere’s Moon Phase and Planetary Positions

You can use this link to go forward or backward in time for Moon phase information. If you are curious, you can even find out what phase the Moon was in when you or anyone else, you know was on the date the person was born.

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 January 2022 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Waning Crescent Phase

The Waning Crescent on January 27 has an illumination of 29%. 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 January 27 the Moon is 24.21 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

Phase: Waning Crescent
Illumination: 29%
Moon Age: 24.21 days
Moon Angle: 0.55
Moon Distance: 364,256.38 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,323,717.13 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

If you need to calculate the planetary positions for a specific use and time, click on this link

Currentplanetarypositions.com

To figure out GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) to your local time use this link

 For Your Local Time and Date

Southeastern Hemisphere

The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America

27 January 2022
08:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM BRT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:07 Aquarius 51
Moon:07 Sagittarius 25
Mercury:28 Capricorn 07 Rx
Venus:11 Capricorn 07 Rx
Mars:02 Capricorn 24
Jupiter:06 Pisces 15
Saturn:14 Aquarius 59
Uranus:10 Taurus 51
Neptune:21 Pisces 18
Pluto:26 Capricorn 49
True Lunar Node:29 Taurus 12 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:28 Taurus 07 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):21 Gemini 26
Chiron:09 Aries 07
Ceres:28 Taurus 31
Pallas:24 Pisces 09
Juno:27 Capricorn 57
Vesta:08 Capricorn 47
Eris:23 Aries 43
Fire:3
Earth:10
Air:3
Water:3
Cardinal:8
Fixed:6
Mutable:5

Southern Hemisphere

The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Cape Town, South Africa

27 January 2022
03:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM SAST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:07 Aquarius 39
Moon:04 Sagittarius 26
Mercury:28 Capricorn 19 Rx
Venus:11 Capricorn 08 Rx
Mars:02 Capricorn 15
Jupiter:06 Pisces 13
Saturn:14 Aquarius 58
Uranus:10 Taurus 51
Neptune:21 Pisces 18
Pluto:26 Capricorn 48

True Lunar Node:29 Taurus 12 Rx

Mean Lunar Node:28 Taurus 07 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):21 Gemini 25
Chiron:09 Aries 07
Ceres:28 Taurus 30
Pallas:24 Pisces 05
Juno:27 Capricorn 52
Vesta:08 Capricorn 41
Eris:23 Aries 43

Fire:3
Earth:10
Air:3
Water:3
Cardinal:8
Fixed:6
Mutable:5

Southwestern Hemisphere

The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

27 January 2022
06:00 am GMT 5:00 PM AEDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:07 Aquarius 16
Moon:29 Scorpio 04
Mercury:28 Capricorn 43 Rx
Venus:11 Capricorn 10 Rx
Mars:01 Capricorn 58
Jupiter:06 Pisces 08
Saturn:14 Aquarius 55
Uranus:10 Taurus 51
Neptune:21 Pisces 17
Pluto:26 Capricorn 48
True Lunar Node:29 Taurus 13
Mean Lunar Node:28 Taurus 08 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):21 Gemini 22
Chiron:09 Aries 06
Ceres:28 Taurus 28
Pallas:23 Pisces 57
Juno:27 Capricorn 43
Vesta:08 Capricorn 29
Eris:23 Aries 43
Fire:2
Earth:10
Air:3
Water:4
Cardinal:8
Fixed:7
Mutable:4

A Thought for Today

I am not feeling any better than yesterday as it is still below 0F here and in the double digit below 0F with the wind chill factor. But I do not want to take off another day and you miss out on the daily posts I try to do every day. So even though all the extras’ posts are missing at least you are getting the regular everyday posts. It will probably be the same for the rest of this week. I hope you will bear with me while I am in this fibromyalgia super flare and the pain from arthritis and stick around until I can bring you extra posts about a wide range of pagan and some other topics.

Life in The Craft mini magazine will still be going out on January 30th, so you have the stuff it covers for Imbolc which falls on February 1st.