Day: February 9, 2022

February 9, 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

Today and tonight the Moon will be in 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 February 2022 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Waxing Gibbous Phase

The Waxing Gibbous on February 9 has an illumination of 59%. 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 9 the Moon is 8.2 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: Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 59%
Moon Age: 8.20 days
Moon Angle: 0.49
Moon Distance: 403,778.01 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,615,806.77 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

February 09, 2022
12:00 am GMT 4:00 PM PST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:20 Aquarius 12
Moon:24 Taurus 50
Mercury:25 Capricorn 41
Venus:13 Capricorn 12
Mars:11 Capricorn 17
Jupiter:09 Pisces 05
Saturn:16 Aquarius 27
Uranus:11 Taurus 01
Neptune:21 Pisces 41
Pluto:27 Capricorn 12
True Lunar Node:27 Taurus 54
Mean Lunar Node:27 Taurus 28 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):22 Gemini 47
Chiron:09 Aries 35
Ceres:29 Taurus 59
Pallas:28 Pisces 11
Juno:02 Aquarius 48
Vesta:15 Capricorn 07
Eris:23 Aries 46
Fire:2
Earth:10
Air:4
Water:3
Cardinal:7
Fixed:8
Mutable:4

 

Northern Hemisphere

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

February 09, 2022
10:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:21 Aquarius 08
Moon:05 Gemini 42
Mercury:26 Capricorn 12
Venus:13 Capricorn 33
Mars:11 Capricorn 58
Jupiter:09 Pisces 18
Saturn:16 Aquarius 33
Uranus:11 Taurus 02
Neptune:21 Pisces 43
Pluto:27 Capricorn 14
True Lunar Node:27 Taurus 54 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:27 Taurus 25 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):22 Gemini 53
Chiron:09 Aries 37
Ceres:00 Gemini 08
Pallas:28 Pisces 30
Juno:03 Aquarius 10
Vesta:15 Capricorn 35
Eris:23 Aries 46
Fire:2
Earth:8
Air:6
Water:3
Cardinal:7
Fixed:6
Mutable:6

Northeastern Hemisphere

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

9 February 2022
03:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:20 Aquarius 50
Moon:02 Gemini 15
Mercury:26 Capricorn 01
Venus:13 Capricorn 26
Mars:11 Capricorn 45
Jupiter:09 Pisces 13
Saturn:16 Aquarius 31
Uranus:11 Taurus 02
Neptune:21 Pisces 43
Pluto:27 Capricorn 13
True Lunar Node:27 Taurus 54 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:27 Taurus 26 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):22 Gemini 51
Chiron:09 Aries 37
Ceres:00 Gemini 05
Pallas:28 Pisces 23
Juno:03 Aquarius 03
Vesta:15 Capricorn 26
Eris:23 Aries 46
Fire:2
Earth:8
Air:6
Water:3
Cardinal:7
Fixed:6
Mutable:6

Altar, Incense and Candle Magick

Your Altar

You may use anything that has a flat top.. I use an old trunk with a piece of plywood on it. Be creative.. As for a cover I use white because of its kind of a multipurpose color. Although some magic specifies a color then whatever color is specified should be used. Again, be creative… Keep in mind that candle magic is usually done in condensed areas so keep things as simplistic as you can, especially your candlesticks and censors.

Incense

There are some who believe that incense is unimportant in candle magic. I cannot imagine performing candle magic without the incense. The type that you use may be specified in a specific spell, if that is the case by all means use that. Generally, I use three kings incense as well as vervain. Vervain gives the spell working a little umph. But then again nothing is set in stone.. Be creative.
Incense symbolizes Air… as the smoke rises our thoughts are carried up into the universe.

February 9 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 February 9

Eta Car: 3D Model of the Most Dangerous Star Known

Video Credit: NASA, CXC, April Hobart; Text: Michael F. Corcoran (NASA, Catholic U., HEAPOW)Explanation: What’s the most dangerous star near earth? Many believe it’s Eta Carinae, a binary star system about 100 times the mass of the Sun, just 10,000 light years from earth. Eta Carinae is a ticking time bomb, set to explode as a supernova in only a few million years, when it may bathe the earth in dangerous gamma rays. The star suffered a notorious outburst in the 1840s when it became the brightest star in the southern sky, only to fade to obscurity within decades. The star was not destroyed, but lies hidden behind a thick, expanding, double-lobed structure called the Homunculus which now surrounds the binary. Studies of this ejecta provide forensic clues about the explosion. Using observations from NASA satellites we can now visualize the 3D distribution of the shrapnel, all the way from the infrared, through optical and UV, to the outermost shell of million-degree material, visible only in X-rays.

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

Today’s Waxing Gibbous Phase

The Waxing Gibbous on February 9 has an illumination of 59%. 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 9 the Moon is 8.2 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: Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 59%
Moon Age: 8.20 days
Moon Angle: 0.49
Moon Distance: 403,778.01 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,615,806.77 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

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

Sun:21 Aquarius 03
Moon:04 Gemini 43
Mercury:26 Capricorn 09
Venus:13 Capricorn 31
Mars:11 Capricorn 54
Jupiter:09 Pisces 16
Saturn:16 Aquarius 33
Uranus:11 Taurus 02
Neptune:21 Pisces 43
Pluto:27 Capricorn 14
True Lunar Node:27 Taurus 54 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:27 Taurus 25 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):22 Gemini 53
Chiron:09 Aries 37
Ceres:00 Gemini 07
Pallas:28 Pisces 28
Juno:03 Aquarius 08
Vesta:15 Capricorn 33
Eris:23 Aries 46
Fire:2
Earth:8
Air:6
Water:3
Cardinal:7
Fixed:6
Mutable:6

 

Southern Hemisphere

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

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

Sun:20 Aquarius 50
Moon:02 Gemini 15
Mercury:26 Capricorn 01
Venus:13 Capricorn 26
Mars:11 Capricorn 45
Jupiter:09 Pisces 13
Saturn:16 Aquarius 31
Uranus:11 Taurus 02
Neptune:21 Pisces 43
Pluto:27 Capricorn 13
True Lunar Node:27 Taurus 54 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:27 Taurus 26 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):22 Gemini 51
Chiron:09 Aries 37
Ceres:00 Gemini 05
Pallas:28 Pisces 23
Juno:03 Aquarius 03
Vesta:15 Capricorn 26
Eris:23 Aries 46
Fire:2
Earth:8
Air:6
Water:3
Cardinal:7
Fixed:6
Mutable:6

Southwestern Hemisphere

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

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

Sun:20 Aquarius 27
Moon:27 Taurus 48
Mercury:25 Capricorn 49
Venus:13 Capricorn 17
Mars:11 Capricorn 28
Jupiter:09 Pisces 08
Saturn:16 Aquarius 28
Uranus:11 Taurus 01
Neptune:21 Pisces 42
Pluto:27 Capricorn 13
True Lunar Node:27 Taurus 54
Mean Lunar Node:27 Taurus 27 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):22 Gemini 49
Chiron:09 Aries 36
Ceres:00 Gemini 02
Pallas:28 Pisces 16
Juno:02 Aquarius 54
Vesta:15 Capricorn 15
Eris:23 Aries 46
Fire:2
Earth:9
Air:5
Water:3
Cardinal:7
Fixed:7
Mutable:5