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 was born.
From MoonGiant.com
The Moon’s current phase for today and tonight is a New Moon phase. During this phase the Moon is too close to the sun in the sky to be visible. The moon rises and sets with the sun and is not present in the night sky. Because of this the night sky is darker and an excellent time to view other celestial objects. Like the Full Moon, a New Moon happens at a very specific time when the sun and moon have the same ecliptic longitude and it can be measured down to the second it occurs.
Visit the May 2023 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.
Today’s New Moon Phase
The New Moon on May 19 has an illumination of 0%. 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 May 19 the Moon is 29.38 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.
Phase Details
Illumination: 0%
Moon Age: 29.38 days
Moon Angle: 0.51
Moon Distance: 387,520.32 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 151,366,637.56 km
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.
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
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For Your Local Time and Date
Northwestern Hemisphere
This local time is in Los Angeles, California, USA
May 19, 2023
11:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM PDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:02 Gemini 16
Mercury:06 Taurus 44
Venus:13 Cancer 18
Mars:29 Cancer 36
Jupiter:00 Taurus 44
Saturn:06 Pisces 32
Uranus:19 Taurus 31
Neptune:27 Pisces 13
Pluto:00 Aquarius 17 Rx
True Lunar Node:03 Taurus 57 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:02 Taurus 51 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):14 Leo 43
Chiron:18 Aries 17
Ceres:24 Virgo 23
Pallas:07 Leo 11
Juno:10 Gemini 28
Vesta:15 Taurus 23
Eris:24 Aries 56
Earth:8
Air:3
Water:4
Fixed:10
Mutable:5
Northern Hemisphere
This local time is in Chicago, Illinois, USA
May 19, 2023
09:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:01 Gemini 12
Mercury:06 Taurus 42
Venus:13 Cancer 13
Mars:29 Cancer 34
Jupiter:00 Taurus 43
Saturn:06 Pisces 32
Uranus:19 Taurus 31
Neptune:27 Pisces 13
Pluto:00 Aquarius 17 Rx
True Lunar Node:03 Taurus 58 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:02 Taurus 51 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):14 Leo 43
Chiron:18 Aries 17
Ceres:24 Virgo 23
Pallas:07 Leo 09
Juno:10 Gemini 25
Vesta:15 Taurus 20
Eris:24 Aries 56
Earth:8
Air:3
Water:4
Fixed:10
Mutable:5
Northeastern Hemisphere
This local time is in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe
19 May 2023
02:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:27 Taurus 24
Mercury:06 Taurus 36
Venus:12 Cancer 54
Mars:29 Cancer 24
Jupiter:00 Taurus 39
Saturn:06 Pisces 31
Uranus:19 Taurus 30
Neptune:27 Pisces 13
Pluto:00 Aquarius 17 Rx
True Lunar Node:03 Taurus 58 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:02 Taurus 52 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):14 Leo 41
Chiron:18 Aries 16
Ceres:24 Virgo 21
Pallas:07 Leo 01
Juno:10 Gemini 15
Vesta:15 Taurus 13
Eris:24 Aries 56
Earth:9
Air:2
Water:4
Fixed:11
Mutable:4
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