Current Moon 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 Crescent Phase. Best seen in the west after the sun dips below the horizon at sunset. This is the first Phase after the New Moon and is a great time to see the features of the moon’s surface. The moon is close to the sun in the sky and mostly dark except for the right edge of the moon which becomes brighter as the days get closer to the next phase which is a First Quarter with a 50% illumination.
Visit the August 2023 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.
Today’s Waxing Crescent Phase
The Waxing Crescent on August 18 has an illumination of 4%. 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 18 the Moon is 1.87 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 Crescent
Illumination: 4%
Moon Age: 1.87 days
Moon Angle: 0.49
Moon Distance: 403,645.44 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 151,417,203.21 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.

Northern Hemisphere’s Planetary Positions
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
Northwestern Hemisphere
This local time is in Los Angeles, California, USA
August 18, 2023
11:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM PDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Sun:25 Leo 45
Moon:23 Virgo 36
Mercury:20 Virgo 48
Venus:17 Leo 10 Rx
Mars:24 Virgo 31
Jupiter:15 Taurus 08
Saturn:04 Pisces 28 Rx
Uranus:23 Taurus 02
Neptune:27 Pisces 05 Rx
Pluto:28 Capricorn 30 Rx
True Lunar Node:26 Aries 32 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:28 Aries 02 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):24 Leo 54
Chiron:19 Aries 40 Rx
Ceres:19 Libra 03
Pallas:18 Virgo 11
Juno:01 Leo 39
Vesta:22 Gemini 03
Eris:25 Aries 12 Rx
Fire:8
Earth:7
Air:2
Water:2
Cardinal:6
Fixed:6
Mutable:7

Northern Hemisphere
This local time is in Chicago, Illinois, USA
August 18, 2023
09:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Sun:25 Leo 40
Moon:22 Virgo 37
Mercury:20 Virgo 46
Venus:17 Leo 12 Rx
Mars:24 Virgo 28
Jupiter:15 Taurus 07
Saturn:04 Pisces 28 Rx
Uranus:23 Taurus 02
Neptune:27 Pisces 05 Rx
Pluto:28 Capricorn 30 Rx
True Lunar Node:26 Aries 33 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:28 Aries 02 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):24 Leo 54
Chiron:19 Aries 40 Rx
Ceres:19 Libra 01
Pallas:18 Virgo 08
Juno:01 Leo 36
Vesta:22 Gemini 01
Eris:25 Aries 12 Rx
Fire:8
Earth:7
Air:2
Water:2
Cardinal:6
Fixed:6
Mutable:7

Northeastern Hemisphere
This local time is in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe
18 August 2023
02:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Sun:25 Leo 23
Moon:19 Virgo 09
Mercury:20 Virgo 39
Venus:17 Leo 22 Rx
Mars:24 Virgo 17
Jupiter:15 Taurus 07
Saturn:04 Pisces 30 Rx
Uranus:23 Taurus 02
Neptune:27 Pisces 06 Rx
Pluto:28 Capricorn 30 Rx
True Lunar Node:26 Aries 35 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:28 Aries 03 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):24 Leo 52
Chiron:19 Aries 40 Rx
Ceres:18 Libra 54
Pallas:18 Virgo 00
Juno:01 Leo 27
Vesta:21 Gemini 55
Eris:25 Aries 12 Rx
Fire:8
Earth:7
Air:2
Water:2
Cardinal:6
Fixed:6
Mutable:7
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