June 17, 2023 Moon’s Current Phase

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From MoonGiant.com

The Moon’s current phase for today and tonight is a Waning Crescent phase. This phase is best viewed just before the sunrise in the western sky. In this phase the Moon’s illumination is growing smaller each day until the New Moon. During this part of the Moon cycle, the Moon is getting closer to the Sun as viewed from Earth and the night side of the Moon is facing the Earth with only a small edge of the Moon being illuminated. It can also be a great time to see the features of the Moon’s surface. Along the edge where the illuminated portion meets the dark side, the craters and mountains cast long shadows making them easier to observe with a telescope or binoculars.

Visit the June 2023 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Waning Crescent Phase

The Waning Crescent on June 17 has an illumination of 0%. 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 June 17 the Moon is 28.89 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: Waning Crescent
Illumination: 0%
Moon Age: 28.89 days
Moon Angle: 0.51
Moon Distance: 394,243.64 km
Sun Angle: 0.52
Sun Distance: 151,992,403.37 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

June 17, 2023 Daily Horoscopes

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Aries (March 21-April 19)

This Saturday will find you rubbing everyone the wrong way and even trying to actively get on their nerves. You are acting like a spoiled child who is trying to manipulate others but instead only succeeds to get them irritated.

Stop searching for everyone’s boiling point and instead address the personal issues that are making you act like this.

Taurus (April 20-May 20)

This weekend will come with some sentimental novelties for you, whether you are a single native or happily committed.

You either find someone whom you consider it might actually be your half or maybe passion reignites in your relationship. Make sure you avoid any jealousy rows, especially if you are in a newly formed couple.

Gemini (May 21-June 20)

It seems that this weekend will bring an unexpected gust of fresh air in your life. Those whom will be most benefited by this aspect are the natives that have jobs involving media, writing and other humanities.

Don’t be afraid to show off your work or promote yourself in order to attract more business in your area of expertise.

Cancer (June 21-July 22)

The next couple of days will catch you with your guard down emotionally and you might want to be careful and act with extreme prudency around things that you know are to trigger emotional responses for you.

Maybe you should avoid contact with authoritative figures from your family or with people you look up to and whom can criticize you.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)

This is going to be a careful day for Leo natives whom would have to stay away from any kinds of excesses. It seems that the weekend will bring some unexpected benefits for you in aspects of your life you’ll be surprised were still open.

Other than that, you should be extremely careful with your health and avoid making any excesses, drinking or smoking. Maybe you should also stay in this weekend and not lose any more nights out.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

This weekend is catching you in a helping frenzy as it seems you are quick to jump to everyone’s rescue. No matter how big or how small the trouble is, everyone around you will be able to count on your advice and work.

Make sure you don’t neglect yourself because this is a great time for you to go to a spa or other similar treatments.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

You should try to use the positive energy around these couple of days to attract other opportunities and even likeminded people.

These are the directions from which unexpected help will come for you. Other than that, this is going to be a calm day for you and you should also try to spend it in the company of your family.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

The problem with you is that you are often stubborn and so fixed in your ideas that you only notice you were wrong when it’s too late. And this is exactly what is going to happen to you today.

You will also get extremely frustrated by your actions but don’t worry because the time of amends will be there for you and everything will be soon erased.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

Your heart is big and generous and this will definitely be seen today as you are there for everyone around you.

No matter what they are dealing with, your friends and closed ones will sure be able to count on you. It’s great if you can find such easy to use your knowledge in such altruistic activities from time to time.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

These couple of days are awakening all kinds of conflicted feelings in your self. On one hand is your reputable logic that it’s telling you things and on the other hand there is your intuition sending mixed signals.

You might spend the whole day wondering which the right path to take is. Don’t worry so much and just go with your gut this time.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

You are going to approach this day with a total sense of initiative and fully motivated on working towards a personal goal.

It might be a personal project or some sort of physical endeavor that you are challenging yourself to. In any case, success won’t probably be late but you should also make sure not to let it get to your head.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)

These couple of days will hit you with Cupid’s arrow and it is going to be more of a maleficent combination. You are attracted to like minded people but in the same time you seem to put passion above everything and tend to forget your responsibilities.

Be sure that if you play with fire you are going to get burned sooner or later.

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