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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 March 2022 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.
Today’s Waxing Crescent Phase
The Waxing Crescent on March 6 has an illumination of 15%. 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 March 6 the Moon is 3.79 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: 15%
Moon Age: 3.79 days
Moon Angle: 0.50
Moon Distance: 395,878.51 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 148,442,205.52 km
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Northwestern Hemisphere
The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Los Angeles, California, USA
March 06, 2022
12:00 am GMT 4:00 PM PST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:25 Aries 46
Mercury:23 Aquarius 48
Venus:29 Capricorn 46
Mars:29 Capricorn 48
Jupiter:15 Pisces 04
Saturn:19 Aquarius 22
Uranus:11 Taurus 43
Neptune:22 Pisces 35
Pluto:27 Capricorn 54
True Lunar Node:24 Taurus 55 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:26 Taurus 09 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):25 Gemini 34
Chiron:10 Aries 48
Ceres:05 Gemini 19
Pallas:07 Aries 15
Juno:12 Aquarius 44
Vesta:27 Capricorn 41
Eris:23 Aries 56
Earth:7
Air:5
Water:3
Fixed:6
Mutable:5
Northern Hemisphere
The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Chicago, Illinois, USA
March 06, 2022
10:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:07 Taurus 19
Mercury:25 Aquarius 10
Venus:00 Aquarius 34
Mars:00 Aquarius 29
Jupiter:15 Pisces 18
Saturn:19 Aquarius 28
Uranus:11 Taurus 46
Neptune:22 Pisces 37
Pluto:27 Capricorn 55
True Lunar Node:24 Taurus 52 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:26 Taurus 06 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):25 Gemini 40
Chiron:10 Aries 51
Ceres:05 Gemini 34
Pallas:07 Aries 36
Juno:13 Aquarius 06
Vesta:28 Capricorn 08
Eris:23 Aries 57
Earth:6
Air:7
Water:3
Fixed:9
Mutable:5
Northeastern Hemisphere
The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe
6 March 2022
03:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:03 Taurus 41
Mercury:24 Aquarius 44
Venus:00 Aquarius 19
Mars:00 Aquarius 16
Jupiter:15 Pisces 14
Saturn:19 Aquarius 26
Uranus:11 Taurus 45
Neptune:22 Pisces 37
Pluto:27 Capricorn 55
True Lunar Node:24 Taurus 53 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:26 Taurus 07 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):25 Gemini 38
Chiron:10 Aries 50
Ceres:05 Gemini 29
Pallas:07 Aries 30
Juno:12 Aquarius 59
Vesta:28 Capricorn 00
Eris:23 Aries 57
Earth:6
Air:7
Water:3
Fixed:9
Mutable:5
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