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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 23 has an illumination of 14%. 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 23 the Moon is 3.67 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
Phase: Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 14%
Moon Age: 3.67 days
Moon Angle: 0.49
Moon Distance: 402,578.69 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 151,482,705.20 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 23, 2023
11:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM PDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Sun:02 Gemini 34
Moon:22 Cancer 12
Mercury:08 Taurus 45
Venus:17 Cancer 28
Mars:01 Leo 54
Jupiter:01 Taurus 38
Saturn:06 Pisces 43
Uranus:19 Taurus 45
Neptune:27 Pisces 18
Pluto:00 Aquarius 15 Rx
True Lunar Node:03 Taurus 41 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:02 Taurus 38 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):15 Leo 10
Chiron:18 Aries 29
Ceres:24 Virgo 47
Pallas:08 Leo 54
Juno:12 Gemini 49
Vesta:17 Taurus 08
Eris:24 Aries 58
Fire:5
Earth:7
Air:3
Water:4
Cardinal:4
Fixed:10
Mutable:5

Northern Hemisphere
This local time is in Chicago, Illinois, USA
May 23, 2023
09:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Sun:02 Gemini 29
Moon:21 Cancer 11
Mercury:08 Taurus 42
Venus:17 Cancer 23
Mars:01 Leo 51
Jupiter:01 Taurus 37
Saturn:06 Pisces 42
Uranus:19 Taurus 45
Neptune:27 Pisces 18
Pluto:00 Aquarius 15 Rx
True Lunar Node:03 Taurus 41 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:02 Taurus 38 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):15 Leo 10
Chiron:18 Aries 28
Ceres:24 Virgo 46
Pallas:08 Leo 52
Juno:12 Gemini 47
Vesta:17 Taurus 06
Eris:24 Aries 58
Fire:5
Earth:7
Air:3
Water:4
Cardinal:4
Fixed:10
Mutable:5

Northeastern Hemisphere
This local time is in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe
23 May 2023
02:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Sun:02 Gemini 12
Moon:17 Cancer 39
Mercury:08 Taurus 31
Venus:17 Cancer 05
Mars:01 Leo 41
Jupiter:01 Taurus 33
Saturn:06 Pisces 42
Uranus:19 Taurus 44
Neptune:27 Pisces 18
Pluto:00 Aquarius 15 Rx
True Lunar Node:03 Taurus 43 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:02 Taurus 39 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):15 Leo 08
Chiron:18 Aries 28
Ceres:24 Virgo 44
Pallas:08 Leo 44
Juno:12 Gemini 36
Vesta:16 Taurus 59
Eris:24 Aries 58
Fire:5
Earth:7
Air:3
Water:4
Cardinal:4
Fixed:10
Mutable:5
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