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.
The Moon’s current phase for today and tonight is a Waxing Gibbous phase. Visible through most of the night sky setting a few hours before sunrise. This phase is when the moon is more than 50% illuminated but not yet a Full Moon. The phase lasts about 7 days with the moon becoming more illuminated each day until the Full Moon. During a Waxing Gibbous the moon rises in the east in mid-afternoon and is high in the eastern sky at sunset. The word Gibbous first appeared in the 14th century and has its roots in the Latin word “gibbosus” meaning humpbacked.
Visit the July 2023 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.
Today’s Waxing Gibbous Phase
The Waxing Gibbous on July 29 has an illumination of 85%. 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 29 the Moon is 11.03 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 Gibbous
Illumination: 85%
Moon Age: 11.03 days
Moon Angle: 0.53
Moon Distance: 373,279.42 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 151,884,953.87 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.
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Northern Hemisphere’s Planetary Positions
Northwestern Hemisphere
This local time is in Los Angeles, California, USA
July 29, 2023
11:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM PDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Sun:06 Leo 34
Moon:27 Sagittarius 08
Mercury:01 Virgo 29
Venus:27 Leo 40 Rx
Mars:11 Virgo 58
Jupiter:13 Taurus 28
Saturn:05 Pisces 50 Rx
Uranus:22 Taurus 42
Neptune:27 Pisces 28 Rx
Pluto:28 Capricorn 56 Rx
True Lunar Node:28 Aries 51 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:29 Aries 05 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):22 Leo 40
Chiron:19 Aries 57 Rx
Ceres:11 Libra 42
Pallas:09 Virgo 00
Juno:20 Cancer 59
Vesta:14 Gemini 52
Eris:25 Aries 15 Rx
Fire:8
Earth:6
Air:2
Water:3
Cardinal:7
Fixed:5
Mutable:7
Northern Hemisphere
This local time is in Chicago, Illinois, USA
July 29, 2023
09:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Sun:06 Leo 30
Moon:25 Sagittarius 56
Mercury:01 Virgo 22
Venus:27 Leo 41 Rx
Mars:11 Virgo 55
Jupiter:13 Taurus 27
Saturn:05 Pisces 51 Rx
Uranus:22 Taurus 42
Neptune:27 Pisces 28 Rx
Pluto:28 Capricorn 57 Rx
True Lunar Node:28 Aries 52 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:29 Aries 05 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):22 Leo 40
Chiron:19 Aries 57 Rx
Ceres:11 Libra 40
Pallas:08 Virgo 57
Juno:20 Cancer 57
Vesta:14 Gemini 50
Eris:25 Aries 15 Rx
Fire:8
Earth:6
Air:2
Water:3
Cardinal:7
Fixed:5
Mutable:7
Northeastern Hemisphere
This local time is in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe
29 July 2023
02:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Sun:06 Leo 13
Moon:21 Sagittarius 45
Mercury:00 Virgo 58
Venus:27 Leo 46 Rx
Mars:11 Virgo 44
Jupiter:13 Taurus 25
Saturn:05 Pisces 52 Rx
Uranus:22 Taurus 41
Neptune:27 Pisces 28 Rx
Pluto:28 Capricorn 57 Rx
True Lunar Node:28 Aries 54 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:29 Aries 06 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):22 Leo 38
Chiron:19 Aries 57 Rx
Ceres:11 Libra 34
Pallas:08 Virgo 49
Juno:20 Cancer 47
Vesta:14 Gemini 44
Eris:25 Aries 15 Rx
Fire:8
Earth:6
Air:2
Water:3
Cardinal:7
Fixed:5
Mutable:7
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