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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 25 has an illumination of 30%. 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 25 the Moon is 5.47 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: 30%
Moon Age: 5.47 days
Moon Angle: 0.49
Moon Distance: 405,406.05 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 151,537,476.78 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 25, 2023
11:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM PDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:16 Leo 06
Mercury:10 Taurus 09
Venus:19 Cancer 31
Mars:03 Leo 03
Jupiter:02 Taurus 05
Saturn:06 Pisces 47
Uranus:19 Taurus 52
Neptune:27 Pisces 20
Pluto:00 Aquarius 14 Rx
True Lunar Node:03 Taurus 34 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:02 Taurus 32 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):15 Leo 24
Chiron:18 Aries 34
Ceres:25 Virgo 01
Pallas:09 Leo 46
Juno:14 Gemini 00
Vesta:18 Taurus 01
Eris:25 Aries 00
Earth:7
Air:3
Water:3
Fixed:11
Mutable:5
Northern Hemisphere
This local time is in Chicago, Illinois, USA
May 25, 2023
09:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:15 Leo 07
Mercury:10 Taurus 05
Venus:19 Cancer 26
Mars:03 Leo 00
Jupiter:02 Taurus 04
Saturn:06 Pisces 47
Uranus:19 Taurus 52
Neptune:27 Pisces 20
Pluto:00 Aquarius 14 Rx
True Lunar Node:03 Taurus 34 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:02 Taurus 32 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):15 Leo 23
Chiron:18 Aries 34
Ceres:25 Virgo 00
Pallas:09 Leo 44
Juno:13 Gemini 57
Vesta:17 Taurus 59
Eris:24 Aries 59
Earth:7
Air:3
Water:3
Fixed:11
Mutable:5
Northeastern Hemisphere
This local time is in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe
25 May 2023
02:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:11 Leo 39
Mercury:09 Taurus 52
Venus:19 Cancer 08
Mars:02 Leo 50
Jupiter:02 Taurus 00
Saturn:06 Pisces 46
Uranus:19 Taurus 51
Neptune:27 Pisces 20
Pluto:00 Aquarius 14 Rx
True Lunar Node:03 Taurus 35 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:02 Taurus 33 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):15 Leo 21
Chiron:18 Aries 33
Ceres:24 Virgo 58
Pallas:09 Leo 36
Juno:13 Gemini 47
Vesta:17 Taurus 51
Eris:24 Aries 59
Earth:7
Air:3
Water:3
Fixed:11
Mutable:5
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