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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 January 2022 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.
Today’s Waxing Gibbous Phase
The Waxing Gibbous on January 14 has an illumination of 89%. 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 14 the Moon is 11.63 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: 89%
Moon Age: 11.63 days
Moon Angle: 0.49
Moon Distance: 405,463.49 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,148,036.81 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 14, 2022
12:00 am GMT 4:00 PM PST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:10 Gemini 14
Mercury:10 Aquarius 19
Venus:15 Capricorn 46 Rx
Mars:22 Sagittarius 24
Jupiter:03 Pisces 12
Saturn:13 Aquarius 22
Uranus:10 Taurus 50 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 56
Pluto:26 Capricorn 22
True Lunar Node:00 Gemini 34 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:28 Taurus 51 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):19 Gemini 54
Chiron:08 Aries 44
Ceres:27 Taurus 58 Rx
Pallas:19 Pisces 57
Juno:22 Capricorn 28
Vesta:01 Capricorn 29
Eris:23 Aries 41
Earth:8
Air:5
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 14, 2022
11:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM CST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:21 Gemini 32
Mercury:10 Aquarius 19 Rx
Venus:15 Capricorn 14 Rx
Mars:23 Sagittarius 05
Jupiter:03 Pisces 25
Saturn:13 Aquarius 28
Uranus:10 Taurus 49 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 58
Pluto:26 Capricorn 23
True Lunar Node:00 Gemini 32 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:28 Taurus 48 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):20 Gemini 01
Chiron:08 Aries 45
Ceres:27 Taurus 58
Pallas:20 Pisces 13
Juno:22 Capricorn 51
Vesta:01 Capricorn 59
Eris:23 Aries 41
Earth:8
Air:5
Water:3
Fixed:5
Mutable:7
Northeastern Hemisphere For 1700 CEST GMT 1600 Post 1000 CT
The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe
14 January 2022
04:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:18 Gemini 05
Mercury:10 Aquarius 20 Rx
Venus:15 Capricorn 24 Rx
Mars:22 Sagittarius 52
Jupiter:03 Pisces 21
Saturn:13 Aquarius 26
Uranus:10 Taurus 50 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 57
Pluto:26 Capricorn 23
True Lunar Node:00 Gemini 33 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:28 Taurus 48 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):19 Gemini 59
Chiron:08 Aries 45
Ceres:27 Taurus 58 Rx
Pallas:20 Pisces 08
Juno:22 Capricorn 44
Vesta:01 Capricorn 50
Eris:23 Aries 41
Earth:8
Air:5
Water:3
Fixed:5
Mutable:7
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