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From Moongiant.com
The Moon’s current phase for today and tonight is a Waning Gibbous Phase. This is the first phase after the Full Moon occurs. It lasts roughly 7 days with the Moon’s illumination growing smaller each day until the Moon becomes a Last Quarter Moon with an illumination of 50%. The average Moon rise for this phase is between 9pm and Midnight depending on the age of the phase. The moon rises later and later each night setting after sunrise in the morning. During this phase the Moon can also be seen in the early morning daylight hours on the western horizon.
Visit the March 2022 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.
Today’s Waning Gibbous Phase
The Waning Gibbous on March 22 has an illumination of 79%. 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 22 the Moon is 19.2 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
Illumination: 79%
Moon Age: 19.20 days
Moon Angle: 0.54
Moon Distance: 366,263.54 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 149,092,235.82 km
Useful Moon Resources
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Northwestern Hemisphere
The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Los Angeles, California, USA
March 22, 2022
12:00 am GMT 5:00 PM PDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:18 Scorpio 51
Mercury:20 Pisces 05
Venus:14 Aquarius 48
Mars:11 Aquarius 47
Jupiter:18 Pisces 56
Saturn:21 Aquarius 04
Uranus:12 Taurus 24
Neptune:23 Pisces 12
Pluto:28 Capricorn 14
True Lunar Node:23 Taurus 39 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:25 Taurus 18 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):27 Gemini 20
Chiron:11 Aries 42
Ceres:09 Gemini 58
Pallas:13 Aries 31
Juno:18 Aquarius 58
Vesta:05 Aquarius 19
Eris:24 Aries 05
Earth:4
Air:7
Water:4
Fixed:9
Mutable:5

Northern Hemisphere
The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Chicago, Illinois, USA
March 22, 2022
10:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM CDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:01 Sagittarius 47
Mercury:21 Pisces 45
Venus:15 Aquarius 43
Mars:12 Aquarius 29
Jupiter:19 Pisces 09
Saturn:21 Aquarius 10
Uranus:12 Taurus 27
Neptune:23 Pisces 14
Pluto:28 Capricorn 15
True Lunar Node:23 Taurus 40
Mean Lunar Node:25 Taurus 15 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):27 Gemini 27
Chiron:11 Aries 45
Ceres:10 Gemini 16
Pallas:13 Aries 53
Juno:19 Aquarius 19
Vesta:05 Aquarius 45
Eris:24 Aries 06
Earth:4
Air:7
Water:3
Fixed:8
Mutable:6

Northeastern Hemisphere
The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe
22 March 2022
04:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:28 Scorpio 15
Mercury:21 Pisces 18
Venus:15 Aquarius 28
Mars:12 Aquarius 18
Jupiter:19 Pisces 05
Saturn:21 Aquarius 08
Uranus:12 Taurus 26
Neptune:23 Pisces 13
Pluto:28 Capricorn 15
True Lunar Node:23 Taurus 39
Mean Lunar Node:25 Taurus 16 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):27 Gemini 25
Chiron:11 Aries 45
Ceres:10 Gemini 11
Pallas:13 Aries 47
Juno:19 Aquarius 13
Vesta:05 Aquarius 38
Eris:24 Aries 06
Earth:4
Air:7
Water:4
Fixed:9
Mutable:5
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