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From MoonGiant.com
The Moon’s current phase for today and tonight is a Waxing Crescent Phase. Best seen in the west after the sun dips below the horizon at sunset. This is the first Phase after the New Moon and is a great time to see the features of the moon’s surface. 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 May 2023 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.
Today’s Waxing Crescent Phase
The Waxing Crescent on May 20 has an illumination of 1%. 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 20 the Moon is 0.84 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: 1%
Moon Age: 0.84 days
Moon Angle: 0.51
Moon Distance: 392,106.29 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 151,396,450.39 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
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For Your Local Time and Date
Northwestern Hemisphere
This local time is in Los Angeles, California, USA
May 20, 2023
11:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM PDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:15 Gemini 06
Mercury:07 Taurus 08
Venus:14 Cancer 21
Mars:00 Leo 11
Jupiter:00 Taurus 58
Saturn:06 Pisces 35
Uranus:19 Taurus 35
Neptune:27 Pisces 14
Pluto:00 Aquarius 17 Rx
True Lunar Node:03 Taurus 54 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:02 Taurus 48 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):14 Leo 50
Chiron:18 Aries 20
Ceres:24 Virgo 29
Pallas:07 Leo 36
Juno:11 Gemini 04
Vesta:15 Taurus 49
Eris:24 Aries 57
Earth:8
Air:3
Water:3
Fixed:11
Mutable:5
Northern Hemisphere
This local time is in Chicago, Illinois, USA
May 20, 2023
09:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:14 Gemini 02
Mercury:07 Taurus 06
Venus:14 Cancer 16
Mars:00 Leo 08
Jupiter:00 Taurus 57
Saturn:06 Pisces 35
Uranus:19 Taurus 34
Neptune:27 Pisces 14
Pluto:00 Aquarius 17 Rx
True Lunar Node:03 Taurus 54 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:02 Taurus 48 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):14 Leo 49
Chiron:18 Aries 20
Ceres:24 Virgo 28
Pallas:07 Leo 34
Juno:11 Gemini 01
Vesta:15 Taurus 47
Eris:24 Aries 57
Earth:8
Air:3
Water:3
Fixed:11
Mutable:5
Northeastern Hemisphere
This local time is in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe
20 May 2023
02:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:10 Gemini 19
Mercury:06 Taurus 59
Venus:13 Cancer 57
Mars:29 Cancer 58
Jupiter:00 Taurus 53
Saturn:06 Pisces 34
Uranus:19 Taurus 33
Neptune:27 Pisces 14
Pluto:00 Aquarius 17 Rx
True Lunar Node:03 Taurus 55 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:02 Taurus 49 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):14 Leo 48
Chiron:18 Aries 19
Ceres:24 Virgo 27
Pallas:07 Leo 27
Juno:10 Gemini 50
Vesta:15 Taurus 39
Eris:24 Aries 57
Earth:8
Air:3
Water:4
Fixed:10
Mutable:5
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