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From Moongiant.com
Today and tonight the Moon will be in a First Quarter phase. This phase occurs roughly 7 days after the New Moon when the moon is one quarter of the way through its orbit around the earth. Exactly half the moon will be illuminated and half dark. On the day of the First Quarter phase the moon is high overhead at sunset and is visible until mid-night when it sets in the west. The First Quarter phase is a one-day event and in the following days enters a Waxing Gibbous phase becoming more illuminated each day until the Full Moon.
Visit the January 2022 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.
Today’s First Quarter Phase
The First Quarter on January 9 has an illumination of 47%. 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 9 the Moon is 7.12 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: 47%
Moon Age: 7.12 days
Moon Angle: 0.51
Moon Distance: 392,887.23 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,113,714.56 km
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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 09, 2022
12:00 am GMT 4:00 PM PST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:09 Aries 57
Mercury:07 Aquarius 47
Venus:18 Capricorn 44 Rx
Mars:18 Sagittarius 48
Jupiter:02 Pisces 09
Saturn:12 Aquarius 47
Uranus:10 Taurus 52 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 49
Pluto:26 Capricorn 12
Mean Lunar Node:29 Taurus 06 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):19 Gemini 21
Chiron:08 Aries 38
Ceres:28 Taurus 05 Rx
Pallas:18 Pisces 33
Juno:20 Capricorn 30
Vesta:28 Sagittarius 49
Eris:23 Aries 41 Rx
Earth:7
Air:4
Water:3
Fixed:5
Mutable:7

Northern Hemisphere
The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Chicago, Illinois, USA
January 09, 2022
11:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM CST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:21 Aries 57
Mercury:08 Aquarius 33
Venus:18 Capricorn 09 Rx
Mars:19 Sagittarius 30
Jupiter:02 Pisces 21
Saturn:12 Aquarius 54
Uranus:10 Taurus 51 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 51
Pluto:26 Capricorn 14
True Lunar Node:00 Gemini 32
Mean Lunar Node:29 Taurus 03 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):19 Gemini 27
Chiron:08 Aries 39
Ceres:28 Taurus 03 Rx
Pallas:18 Pisces 49
Juno:20 Capricorn 53
Vesta:29 Sagittarius 20
Eris:23 Aries 41 Rx
Earth:7
Air:4
Water:3
Fixed:5
Mutable:7

Northeastern Hemisphere
The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe
9 January 2022
04:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:18 Aries 20
Mercury:08 Aquarius 20
Venus:18 Capricorn 20 Rx
Mars:19 Sagittarius 17
Jupiter:02 Pisces 18
Saturn:12 Aquarius 52
Uranus:10 Taurus 51 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 50January 09, 2022
04:00 pm GMT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Sun:19 Capricorn 22
Moon:18 Aries 20
Mercury:08 Aquarius 20
Venus:18 Capricorn 20 Rx
Mars:19 Sagittarius 17
Jupiter:02 Pisces 18
Saturn:12 Aquarius 52
Uranus:10 Taurus 51 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 50
Pluto:26 Capricorn 13
True Lunar Node:00 Gemini 32 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:29 Taurus 04 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):19 Gemini 25
Chiron:08 Aries 38
Ceres:28 Taurus 04 Rx
Pallas:18 Pisces 44
Juno:20 Capricorn 46
Vesta:29 Sagittarius 10
Eris:23 Aries 41 Rx
Fire:5
Earth:7
Air:4
Water:3
Cardinal:7
Fixed:5
Mutable:7
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