
Day: February 11, 2022
February 11, 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 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 11 has an illumination of 76%. 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 11 the Moon is 9.97 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: 76%
Moon Age: 9.97 days
Moon Angle: 0.49
Moon Distance: 405,496.62 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,670,144.11 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 11, 2022
12:00 am GMT 4:00 PM PST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:18 Gemini 28
Mercury:26 Capricorn 53
Venus:14 Capricorn 01
Mars:12 Capricorn 45
Jupiter:09 Pisces 33
Saturn:16 Aquarius 41
Uranus:11 Taurus 03
Neptune:21 Pisces 45
Pluto:27 Capricorn 16
True Lunar Node:27 Taurus 52 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:27 Taurus 22 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):23 Gemini 01
Chiron:09 Aries 40
Ceres:00 Gemini 18
Pallas:28 Pisces 52
Juno:03 Aquarius 36
Vesta:16 Capricorn 09
Eris:23 Aries 46
Earth:8
Air:6
Water:3
Fixed:6
Mutable:6

Northern Hemisphere
The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Chicago, Illinois, USA
February 11, 2022
10:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:29 Gemini 17
Mercury:27 Capricorn 31
Venus:14 Capricorn 26
Mars:13 Capricorn 26
Jupiter:09 Pisces 46
Saturn:16 Aquarius 48
Uranus:11 Taurus 04
Neptune:21 Pisces 47
Pluto:27 Capricorn 17
True Lunar Node:27 Taurus 49 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:27 Taurus 19 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):23 Gemini 07
Chiron:09 Aries 43
Ceres:00 Gemini 28
Pallas:29 Pisces 11
Juno:03 Aquarius 58
Eris:23 Aries 47
Earth:8
Air:6
Water:3
Fixed:6
Mutable:6

Northeastern Hemisphere
The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe
11 February 2022
03:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:25 Gemini 50
Mercury:27 Capricorn 19
Venus:14 Capricorn 18
Mars:13 Capricorn 13
Jupiter:09 Pisces 42
Saturn:16 Aquarius 45
Uranus:11 Taurus 04
Neptune:21 Pisces 47
Pluto:27 Capricorn 17
True Lunar Node:27 Taurus 51 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:27 Taurus 20 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):23 Gemini 05
Chiron:09 Aries 42
Ceres:00 Gemini 25
Pallas:29 Pisces 05
Juno:03 Aquarius 51
Eris:23 Aries 47
Earth:8
Air:6
Water:3
Fixed:6
Mutable:6
February 11 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 11

IC 342: The Hidden Galaxy in Camelopardalis
Image Credit & Copyright: Daniel Feller
Explanation: Similar in size to large, bright spiral galaxies in our neighborhood, IC 342 is a mere 10 million light-years distant in the long-necked, northern constellation Camelopardalis. A sprawling island universe, IC 342 would otherwise be a prominent galaxy in our night sky, but it is hidden from clear view and only glimpsed through the veil of stars, gas and dust clouds along the plane of our own Milky Way galaxy. Even though IC 342’s light is dimmed and reddened by intervening cosmic clouds, this sharp telescopic image traces the galaxy’s own obscuring dust, young star clusters, and glowing pink star forming regions along spiral arms that wind far from the galaxy’s core. IC 342 may have undergone a recent burst of star formation activity and is close enough to have gravitationally influenced the evolution of the local group of galaxies and the Milky Way.
11 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
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 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 11 has an illumination of 76%. 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 11 the Moon is 9.97 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: 76%
Moon Age: 9.97 days
Moon Angle: 0.49
Moon Distance: 405,496.62 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,670,144.11 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
11 February 2022
08:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM BRT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:28 Gemini 18
Mercury:27 Capricorn 28
Venus:14 Capricorn 23
Mars:13 Capricorn 22
Jupiter:09 Pisces 45
Saturn:16 Aquarius 47
Uranus:11 Taurus 04
Neptune:21 Pisces 47
Pluto:27 Capricorn 17
True Lunar Node:27 Taurus 50 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:27 Taurus 19 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):23 Gemini 06
Chiron:09 Aries 42
Ceres:00 Gemini 27
Pallas:29 Pisces 09
Juno:03 Aquarius 56
Vesta:16 Capricorn 34
Eris:23 Aries 47
Earth:8
Air:6
Water:3
Fixed:6
Mutable:6

Southern Hemisphere
The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Cape Town, South Africa
11 February 2022
03:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM SAST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:25 Gemini 50
Mercury:27 Capricorn 19
Venus:14 Capricorn 18
Mars:13 Capricorn 13
Jupiter:09 Pisces 42
Saturn:16 Aquarius 45
Uranus:11 Taurus 04
Neptune:21 Pisces 47
Pluto:27 Capricorn 17
True Lunar Node:27 Taurus 51 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:27 Taurus 20 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):23 Gemini 05
Chiron:09 Aries 42
Ceres:00 Gemini 25
Pallas:29 Pisces 05
Juno:03 Aquarius 51
Vesta:16 Capricorn 28
Eris:23 Aries 47
Earth:8
Air:6
Water:3
Fixed:6
Mutable:6

Southwestern Hemisphere
The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
11 February 2022
06:00 am GMT 5:00 PM AEDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:21 Gemini 25
Mercury:27 Capricorn 03
Venus:14 Capricorn 07
Mars:12 Capricorn 56
Jupiter:09 Pisces 36
Saturn:16 Aquarius 43
Uranus:11 Taurus 04
Neptune:21 Pisces 46
Pluto:27 Capricorn 16
True Lunar Node:27 Taurus 52 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:27 Taurus 21 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):23 Gemini 02
Chiron:09 Aries 41
Ceres:00 Gemini 21
Pallas:28 Pisces 57
Juno:03 Aquarius 42
Vesta:16 Capricorn 16
Eris:23 Aries 46
Earth:8
Air:6
Water:3
Fixed:6
Mutable:6
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