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 23 has an illumination of 41%. 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 23 the Moon is 6.5 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: 41%
Moon Age: 6.50 days
Moon Angle: 0.52
Moon Distance: 385,439.39 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 151,264,845.40 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 23, 2023
11:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM PDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:25 Scorpio 03
Mercury:21 Virgo 51 Rx
Venus:14 Leo 39 Rx
Mars:27 Virgo 42
Jupiter:15 Taurus 22
Saturn:04 Pisces 05 Rx
Uranus:23 Taurus 04
Neptune:26 Pisces 58 Rx
Pluto:28 Capricorn 24 Rx
True Lunar Node:26 Aries 27
Mean Lunar Node:27 Aries 46 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):25 Leo 28
Chiron:19 Aries 33 Rx
Ceres:20 Libra 58
Pallas:20 Virgo 29
Juno:04 Leo 14
Vesta:23 Gemini 43
Eris:25 Aries 10 Rx
Earth:7
Air:2
Water:3
Fixed:6
Mutable:7
Northern Hemisphere
This local time is in Chicago, Illinois, USA
August 23, 2023
09:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:23 Scorpio 58
Mercury:21 Virgo 51 Rx
Venus:14 Leo 41 Rx
Mars:27 Virgo 39
Jupiter:15 Taurus 21
Saturn:04 Pisces 06 Rx
Uranus:23 Taurus 04
Neptune:26 Pisces 58 Rx
Pluto:28 Capricorn 24 Rx
True Lunar Node:26 Aries 27
Mean Lunar Node:27 Aries 46 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):25 Leo 27
Chiron:19 Aries 33 Rx
Ceres:20 Libra 56
Pallas:20 Virgo 26
Juno:04 Leo 12
Vesta:23 Gemini 41
Eris:25 Aries 10 Rx
Earth:7
Air:2
Water:3
Fixed:6
Mutable:7
Northeastern Hemisphere
This local time is in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe
23 August 2023
02:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:20 Scorpio 13
Mercury:21 Virgo 51
Venus:14 Leo 49 Rx
Mars:27 Virgo 28
Jupiter:15 Taurus 21
Saturn:04 Pisces 07 Rx
Uranus:23 Taurus 04
Neptune:26 Pisces 59 Rx
Pluto:28 Capricorn 24 Rx
True Lunar Node:26 Aries 26
Mean Lunar Node:27 Aries 47 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):25 Leo 25
Chiron:19 Aries 33 Rx
Ceres:20 Libra 50
Pallas:20 Virgo 18
Juno:04 Leo 03
Vesta:23 Gemini 35
Eris:25 Aries 10 Rx
Earth:7
Air:2
Water:3
Fixed:6
Mutable:7
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