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 New Moon phase. During this phase the Moon is too close to the sun in the sky to be visible. The moon rises and sets with the sun and is not present in the night sky. Because of this the night sky is darker and an excellent time to view other celestial objects. Like the Full Moon, a New Moon happens at a very specific time when the sun and moon have the same ecliptic longitude and it can be measured down to the second it occurs.
Visit the July 2023 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.
Today’s New Moon Phase
The New Moon on July 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 July 17 the Moon is 29.29 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: 0%
Moon Age: 29.29 days
Moon Angle: 0.49
Moon Distance: 402,536.52 km
Sun Angle: 0.52
Sun Distance: 152,042,434.58 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.
If you need to calculate the planetary positions in either hemisphere you can use this for a specific use and time in your local time zone, click on this link
Currentplanetarypositions.com
To figure out GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) to your local time use this link
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Northern Hemisphere’s Planetary Positions
Northwestern Hemisphere
This local time is in Los Angeles, California, USA
July 17, 2023
11:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM PDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:27 Cancer 11
Mercury:12 Leo 39
Venus:28 Leo 07
Mars:04 Virgo 34
Jupiter:11 Taurus 57
Saturn:06 Pisces 29 Rx
Uranus:22 Taurus 21
Neptune:27 Pisces 37 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 14 Rx
True Lunar Node:29 Aries 58 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:29 Aries 43 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):21 Leo 20
Chiron:19 Aries 57
Ceres:07 Libra 39
Pallas:03 Virgo 30
Juno:14 Cancer 24
Vesta:10 Gemini 15
Eris:25 Aries 15
Earth:5
Air:2
Water:5
Fixed:5
Mutable:5
Northern Hemisphere
This local time is in Chicago, Illinois, USA
July 17, 2023
09:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:26 Cancer 10
Mercury:12 Leo 30
Venus:28 Leo 06
Mars:04 Virgo 31
Jupiter:11 Taurus 56
Saturn:06 Pisces 29 Rx
Uranus:22 Taurus 21
Neptune:27 Pisces 37 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 14 Rx
True Lunar Node:29 Aries 59 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:29 Aries 44 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):21 Leo 19
Chiron:19 Aries 57
Ceres:07 Libra 37
Pallas:03 Virgo 28
Juno:14 Cancer 21
Vesta:10 Gemini 13
Eris:25 Aries 15
Earth:5
Air:2
Water:5
Fixed:5
Mutable:5
Northeastern Hemisphere
This local time is in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe
17 July 2023
02:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:22 Cancer 40
Mercury:11 Leo 59
Venus:28 Leo 03
Mars:04 Virgo 20
Jupiter:11 Taurus 54
Saturn:06 Pisces 30 Rx
Uranus:22 Taurus 21
Neptune:27 Pisces 37 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 14 Rx
True Lunar Node:00 Taurus 03 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:29 Aries 45 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):21 Leo 17
Chiron:19 Aries 57
Ceres:07 Libra 31
Pallas:03 Virgo 20
Juno:14 Cancer 11
Vesta:10 Gemini 06
Eris:25 Aries 15
Earth:6
Air:2
Water:5
Fixed:6
Mutable:5
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