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 Full Moon phase. The Moon will be visible throughout the night sky rising at sunset in the east and setting with the sunrise the next morning in the west. During a Full Moon the moon is 100% illuminated as seen from Earth and is on the opposite side of the Earth from the Sun. The point at which a Full Moon occurs can be measured down to a fraction of a second. The time it takes between full moons is known as a Synodic month and is 29.530587981 days long. Keep track of all the Full Moons throughout the year on the Full Moon Calendar >
Visit the August 2023 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.
Today’s Full Moon Phase
The Full Moon on August 1 has an illumination of 100%. 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 August 1 the Moon is 14.44 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: 100%
Moon Age: 14.44 days
Moon Angle: 0.55
Moon Distance: 364,170.33 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 151,830,497.83 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
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Northern Hemisphere’s Planetary Positions
Northwestern Hemisphere
This local time is in Los Angeles, California, USA
August 01, 2023
11:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM PDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:12 Aquarius 07
Mercury:05 Virgo 28
Venus:26 Leo 40 Rx
Mars:13 Virgo 50
Jupiter:13 Taurus 47
Saturn:05 Pisces 39 Rx
Uranus:22 Taurus 46
Neptune:27 Pisces 25 Rx
Pluto:28 Capricorn 52 Rx
True Lunar Node:28 Aries 22 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:28 Aries 56 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):23 Leo 00
Chiron:19 Aries 56 Rx
Ceres:12 Libra 46
Pallas:10 Virgo 22
Juno:22 Cancer 37
Vesta:15 Gemini 59
Eris:25 Aries 15 Rx
Earth:6
Air:3
Water:3
Fixed:6
Mutable:6
Northern Hemisphere
This local time is in Chicago, Illinois, USA
August 01, 2023
09:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:10 Aquarius 51
Mercury:05 Virgo 22
Venus:26 Leo 42 Rx
Mars:13 Virgo 47
Jupiter:13 Taurus 46
Saturn:05 Pisces 39 Rx
Uranus:22 Taurus 46
Neptune:27 Pisces 25 Rx
Pluto:28 Capricorn 52 Rx
True Lunar Node:28 Aries 23 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:28 Aries 56 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):23 Leo 00
Chiron:19 Aries 56 Rx
Ceres:12 Libra 44
Pallas:10 Virgo 20
Juno:22 Cancer 34
Vesta:15 Gemini 57
Eris:25 Aries 15 Rx
Earth:6
Air:3
Water:3
Fixed:6
Mutable:6
Northeastern Hemisphere
This local time is in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe
1 August 2023
02:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:06 Aquarius 23
Mercury:04 Virgo 59
Venus:26 Leo 49 Rx
Mars:13 Virgo 36
Jupiter:13 Taurus 45
Saturn:05 Pisces 41 Rx
Uranus:22 Taurus 46
Neptune:27 Pisces 26 Rx
Pluto:28 Capricorn 53 Rx
True Lunar Node:28 Aries 26 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:28 Aries 57 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):22 Leo 58
Chiron:19 Aries 56 Rx
Ceres:12 Libra 38
Pallas:10 Virgo 12
Juno:22 Cancer 25
Vesta:15 Gemini 51
Eris:25 Aries 15 Rx
Earth:6
Air:3
Water:3
Fixed:6
Mutable:6
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