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From Moongiant.com
The Moon’s current phase for today and tonight is a Waxing Crescent Phase. A Waxing Crescent is the first Phase after the New Moon and is a great time to see the features of the moon’s surface. During this phase the Moon can be seen in the wester sky after the sun dips below the horizon at sunset. The moon is close to the sun in the sky and mostly dark except for the right edge of the moon which becomes brighter as the days get closer to the next phase which is a First Quarter with a 50% illumination.
Visit the February 2022 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.
Today’s Waxing Crescent Phase
The Waxing Crescent on February 4 has an illumination of 13%. 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 4 the Moon is 3.5 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: 13%
Moon Age: 3.50 days
Moon Angle: 0.52
Moon Distance: 385,109.66 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,490,569.27 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
February 04, 2022
12:00 am GMT 4:00 PM PST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:21 Pisces 35
Mercury:24 Capricorn 23 Rx
Venus:11 Capricorn 42
Mars:07 Capricorn 37
Jupiter:07 Pisces 54
Saturn:15 Aquarius 51
Uranus:10 Taurus 56
Neptune:21 Pisces 32
Pluto:27 Capricorn 03
True Lunar Node:28 Taurus 13 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:27 Taurus 44 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):22 Gemini 14
Chiron:09 Aries 23
Ceres:29 Taurus 17
Pallas:26 Pisces 29
Juno:00 Aquarius 49
Vesta:12 Capricorn 32
Eris:23 Aries 44
Earth:9
Air:4
Water:4
Fixed:7
Mutable:5
Northern Hemisphere
The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Chicago, Illinois, USA
February 04, 2022
10:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:03 Aries 55
Mercury:24 Capricorn 25
Venus:11 Capricorn 55
Mars:08 Capricorn 18
Jupiter:08 Pisces 07
Saturn:15 Aquarius 57
Uranus:10 Taurus 57
Neptune:21 Pisces 33
Pluto:27 Capricorn 04
True Lunar Node:28 Taurus 05 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:27 Taurus 41 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):22 Gemini 20
Chiron:09 Aries 25
Ceres:29 Taurus 24
Pallas:26 Pisces 47
Juno:01 Aquarius 11
Vesta:13 Capricorn 00
Eris:23 Aries 44
Earth:9
Air:4
Water:3
Fixed:7
Mutable:4
Northeastern Hemisphere
The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe
4 February 2022
03:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:00 Aries 02
Mercury:24 Capricorn 23
Venus:11 Capricorn 50
Mars:08 Capricorn 05
Jupiter:08 Pisces 03
Saturn:15 Aquarius 55
Uranus:10 Taurus 57
Neptune:21 Pisces 33
Pluto:27 Capricorn 04
True Lunar Node:28 Taurus 07 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:27 Taurus 42 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):22 Gemini 18
Chiron:09 Aries 24
Ceres:29 Taurus 22
Pallas:26 Pisces 42
Juno:01 Aquarius 04
Vesta:12 Capricorn 51
Eris:23 Aries 44
Earth:9
Air:4
Water:3
Fixed:7
Mutable:4
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