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 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 31 has an illumination of 98%. 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 31 the Moon is 13.28 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

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Northern Hemisphere’s Planetary Positions

Northwestern Hemisphere

This local time is in Los Angeles, California, USA

July 31, 2023
11:00 pm GMTM 4:00 PM PDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Cardinal:8
Fixed:5
Mutable:6

Northern Hemisphere

This local time is in Chicago, Illinois, USA

July 31, 2023
09:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Cardinal:8
Fixed:5
Mutable:6

Northeastern Hemisphere

This local time is in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe

31 July 2023
02:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)