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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 22 has an illumination of 8%. 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 22 the Moon is 2.74 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: 8%
Moon Age: 2.74 days
Moon Angle: 0.50
Moon Distance: 399,806.85 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 151,454,492.19 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 22, 2023
11:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM PDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:10 Cancer 02
Mercury:08 Taurus 09
Venus:16 Cancer 26
Mars:01 Leo 19
Jupiter:01 Taurus 25
Saturn:06 Pisces 40
Uranus:19 Taurus 42
Neptune:27 Pisces 17
Pluto:00 Aquarius 16 Rx
True Lunar Node:03 Taurus 46 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:02 Taurus 41 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):15 Leo 03
Chiron:18 Aries 26
Ceres:24 Virgo 41
Pallas:08 Leo 28
Juno:12 Gemini 14
Vesta:16 Taurus 42
Eris:24 Aries 58
Earth:7
Air:3
Water:4
Fixed:10
Mutable:5
Northern Hemisphere
This local time is in Chicago, Illinois, USA
May 22, 2023
09:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:09 Cancer 01
Mercury:08 Taurus 06
Venus:16 Cancer 21
Mars:01 Leo 16
Jupiter:01 Taurus 24
Saturn:06 Pisces 40
Uranus:19 Taurus 41
Neptune:27 Pisces 17
Pluto:00 Aquarius 16 Rx
True Lunar Node:03 Taurus 46 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:02 Taurus 41 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):15 Leo 03
Chiron:18 Aries 26
Ceres:24 Virgo 40
Pallas:08 Leo 26
Juno:12 Gemini 11
Vesta:16 Taurus 40
Eris:24 Aries 58
Earth:7
Air:3
Water:4
Fixed:10
Mutable:5
Northeastern Hemisphere
This local time is in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe
22 May 2023
02:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:05 Cancer 26
Mercury:07 Taurus 56
Venus:16 Cancer 03
Mars:01 Leo 06
Jupiter:01 Taurus 20
Saturn:06 Pisces 39
Uranus:19 Taurus 40
Neptune:27 Pisces 16
Pluto:00 Aquarius 16 Rx
True Lunar Node:03 Taurus 47 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:02 Taurus 42 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):15 Leo 01
Chiron:18 Aries 25
Ceres:24 Virgo 38
Pallas:08 Leo 18
Juno:12 Gemini 01
Vesta:16 Taurus 32
Eris:24 Aries 58
Earth:7
Air:3
Water:4
Fixed:10
Mutable:5
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