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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 21 has an illumination of 4%. 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 21 the Moon is 1.8 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: 4%
Moon Age: 1.80 days
Moon Angle: 0.50
Moon Distance: 396,265.51 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 151,425,737.95 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 21, 2023
11:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM PDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:27 Gemini 41
Mercury:07 Taurus 36
Venus:15 Cancer 24
Mars:00 Leo 45
Jupiter:01 Taurus 11
Saturn:06 Pisces 38
Uranus:19 Taurus 38
Neptune:27 Pisces 16
Pluto:00 Aquarius 16 Rx
True Lunar Node:03 Taurus 50 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:02 Taurus 44 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):14 Leo 57
Chiron:18 Aries 23
Ceres:24 Virgo 34
Pallas:08 Leo 02
Juno:11 Gemini 39
Vesta:16 Taurus 16
Eris:24 Aries 57
Earth:7
Air:4
Water:3
Fixed:10
Mutable:6
Northern Hemisphere
This local time is in Chicago, Illinois, USA
May 21, 2023
09:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:26 Gemini 39
Mercury:07 Taurus 34
Venus:15 Cancer 18
Mars:00 Leo 42
Jupiter:01 Taurus 10
Saturn:06 Pisces 37
Uranus:19 Taurus 38
Neptune:27 Pisces 16
Pluto:00 Aquarius 16 Rx
True Lunar Node:03 Taurus 50 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:02 Taurus 45 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):14 Leo 56
Chiron:18 Aries 23
Ceres:24 Virgo 34
Pallas:08 Leo 00
Juno:11 Gemini 36
Vesta:16 Taurus 13
Eris:24 Aries 57
Earth:7
Air:4
Water:3
Fixed:10
Mutable:6
Northeastern Hemisphere
This local time is in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe
21 May 2023
02:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:22 Gemini 59
Mercury:07 Taurus 25
Venus:15 Cancer 00
Mars:00 Leo 32
Jupiter:01 Taurus 06
Saturn:06 Pisces 37
Uranus:19 Taurus 37
Neptune:27 Pisces 15
Pluto:00 Aquarius 16 Rx
True Lunar Node:03 Taurus 52 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:02 Taurus 46 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):14 Leo 54
Chiron:18 Aries 22
Ceres:24 Virgo 32
Pallas:07 Leo 53
Juno:11 Gemini 26
Vesta:16 Taurus 06
Eris:24 Aries 57
Earth:7
Air:4
Water:3
Fixed:10
Mutable:6
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