Moon’s Current Phase
You can use this link to go forward or backward in time for Moon phase information. If you are curious, you can even find out what phase the Moon was in when you or anyone else was born.
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 July 2023 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.
Today’s Waning Crescent Phase
The Waning Crescent on July 14 has an illumination of 10%. 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 July 14 the Moon is 26.51 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: 10%
Moon Age: 26.51 days
Moon Angle: 0.51
Moon Distance: 392,311.46 km
Sun Angle: 0.52
Sun Distance: 152,066,242.47 km
Useful Moon Resources
Check the weather before a night of Moon gazing at weather.com
For a list of all the current meteor showers visit American Meteor Society
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.
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Northern Hemisphere’s Planetary Positions
Northwestern Hemisphere
This local time is in Los Angeles, California, USA
July 14, 2023
11:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM PDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:20 Gemini 39
Mercury:07 Leo 14
Venus:27 Leo 24
Mars:02 Virgo 44
Jupiter:11 Taurus 31
Saturn:06 Pisces 37 Rx
Uranus:22 Taurus 15
Neptune:27 Pisces 38 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 18 Rx
True Lunar Node:00 Taurus 34 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:29 Aries 53 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):21 Leo 00
Chiron:19 Aries 56
Ceres:06 Libra 41
Pallas:02 Virgo 08
Juno:12 Cancer 43
Vesta:09 Gemini 04
Eris:25 Aries 15
Earth:6
Air:3
Water:4
Fixed:6
Mutable:6
Northern Hemisphere
This local time is in Chicago, Illinois, USA
July 14, 2023
09:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:19 Gemini 37
Mercury:07 Leo 04
Venus:27 Leo 23
Mars:02 Virgo 40
Jupiter:11 Taurus 31
Saturn:06 Pisces 37 Rx
Uranus:22 Taurus 15
Neptune:27 Pisces 38 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 18 Rx
True Lunar Node:00 Taurus 35 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:29 Aries 53 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):20 Leo 59
Chiron:19 Aries 56
Ceres:06 Libra 39
Pallas:02 Virgo 05
Juno:12 Cancer 41
Vesta:09 Gemini 02
Eris:25 Aries 15
Earth:6
Air:3
Water:4
Fixed:6
Mutable:6
Northeastern Hemisphere
This local time is in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe
14 July 2023
02:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:16 Gemini 00
Mercury:06 Leo 32
Venus:27 Leo 18
Mars:02 Virgo 30
Jupiter:11 Taurus 28
Saturn:06 Pisces 38 Rx
Uranus:22 Taurus 14
Neptune:27 Pisces 38 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 18 Rx
True Lunar Node:00 Taurus 37 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:29 Aries 54 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):20 Leo 57
Chiron:19 Aries 56
Ceres:06 Libra 34
Pallas:01 Virgo 58
Juno:12 Cancer 31
Vesta:08 Gemini 55
Eris:25 Aries 15
Earth:6
Air:3
Water:4
Fixed:6
Mutable:6
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