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.
From MoonGiant.com
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 22 has an illumination of 31%. 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 22 the Moon is 5.54 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: 31%
Moon Age: 5.54 days
Moon Angle: 0.51
Moon Distance: 390,150.84 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 151,296,329.27 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.
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
Currentplanetarypositions.com
To figure out GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) to your local time use this link
For Your Local Time and Date
Northwestern Hemisphere
This local time is in Los Angeles, California, USA
August 22, 2023
11:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM PDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:12 Scorpio 17
Mercury:21 Virgo 49
Venus:15 Leo 05 Rx
Mars:27 Virgo 04
Jupiter:15 Taurus 19
Saturn:04 Pisces 10 Rx
Uranus:23 Taurus 04
Neptune:27 Pisces 00 Rx
Pluto:28 Capricorn 25 Rx
True Lunar Node:26 Aries 26
Mean Lunar Node:27 Aries 49 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):25 Leo 21
Chiron:19 Aries 34 Rx
Ceres:20 Libra 35
Pallas:20 Virgo 01
Juno:03 Leo 43
Vesta:23 Gemini 23
Eris:25 Aries 10 Rx
Earth:6
Air:2
Water:3
Fixed:7
Mutable:6
Northern Hemisphere
This local time is in Chicago, Illinois, USA
August 22, 2023
09:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:11 Scorpio 14
Mercury:21 Virgo 49
Venus:15 Leo 08 Rx
Mars:27 Virgo 01
Jupiter:15 Taurus 19
Saturn:04 Pisces 10 Rx
Uranus:23 Taurus 04
Neptune:27 Pisces 00 Rx
Pluto:28 Capricorn 25 Rx
True Lunar Node:26 Aries 26
Mean Lunar Node:27 Aries 49 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):25 Leo 21
Chiron:19 Aries 34 Rx
Ceres:20 Libra 33
Pallas:19 Virgo 59
Juno:03 Leo 41
Vesta:23 Gemini 21
Eris:25 Aries 10 Rx
Earth:6
Air:2
Water:3
Fixed:7
Mutable:6
Northeastern Hemisphere
This local time is in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe
22 August 2023
02:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:07 Scorpio 34
Mercury:21 Virgo 47
Venus:15 Leo 16 Rx
Mars:26 Virgo 49
Jupiter:15 Taurus 18
Saturn:04 Pisces 12 Rx
Uranus:23 Taurus 03
Neptune:27 Pisces 00 Rx
Pluto:28 Capricorn 25 Rx
True Lunar Node:26 Aries 26
Mean Lunar Node:27 Aries 50 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):25 Leo 19
Chiron:19 Aries 35 Rx
Ceres:20 Libra 26
Pallas:19 Virgo 51
Juno:03 Leo 32
Vesta:23 Gemini 15
Eris:25 Aries 10 Rx
Earth:6
Air:2
Water:3
Fixed:7
Mutable:6
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