Ever have one of those days that you wake up feeling totally yucky and tired even after a full night’s sleep? Well today is one of those days for me. I tried to take a nap before working but as it is already so late that I couldn’t fall asleep knowing I hadn’t gotten the posts done that you count on me for. So, here I am finally and will get as much done for the tomorrow’s previews as I can.
Wishing you all a day filled with good health, a little me time, and all good things happening for you.
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 Last Quarter phase. This phase occurs roughly 3 weeks after the New Moon when the Moon is three quarter of the way through it’s orbit around the earth. If you live in the northern hemisphere the Moons left side will be illuminated and the right side will be dark. For those of you in the southern hemisphere it will be the opposite with the right side illuminated. Also called a Third Quarter phase, it will rise around midnight on the eastern horizon and set in the west around noon the next day. In the days following the Third Quarter Phase the Moon’s illumination will decrees each day until the New Moon.
Visit the August 2023 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.
The Last Quarter on August 8 has an illumination of 49%. 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 8 the Moon is 22.21 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.
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
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
To figure out GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) to your local time use this link
August 08, 2023
11:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM PDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
True Lunar Node:27 Aries 55 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:28 Aries 33 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):23 Leo 47
Chiron:19 Aries 51 Rx
Ceres:15 Libra 18
Pallas:13 Virgo 35
Juno:26 Cancer 22
Vesta:18 Gemini 33
Eris:25 Aries 14 Rx
August 08, 2023
09:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
True Lunar Node:27 Aries 55 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:28 Aries 34 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):23 Leo 47
Chiron:19 Aries 51 Rx
Ceres:15 Libra 16
Pallas:13 Virgo 33
Juno:26 Cancer 20
Vesta:18 Gemini 31
Eris:25 Aries 14 Rx
8 August 2023
02:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
True Lunar Node:27 Aries 56 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:28 Aries 35 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):23 Leo 45
Chiron:19 Aries 51 Rx
Ceres:15 Libra 09
Pallas:13 Virgo 25
Juno:26 Cancer 10
Vesta:18 Gemini 25
Eris:25 Aries 14 Rx
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