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 Waning Gibbous. During this phase the Moon can be seen in the early morning daylight hours on the western horizon. This is the first phase after the Full Moon occurs. It lasts roughly 7 days with the Moon’s illumination growing smaller each day until the Moon becomes a Last Quarter Moon with an illumination of 50%. The average Moon rise for this phase is between 9pm and Midnight depending on the age of the phase. The moon rises later and later each night setting after sunrise in the morning.
Visit the September 2023 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.
Today’s Waning Gibbous Phase
The Waning Gibbous on September 1 has an illumination of 97%. 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 September 1 the Moon is 16.42 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: 97%
Moon Age: 16.42 days
Moon Angle: 0.54
Moon Distance: 366,262.78 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 150,960,578.60 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
September 01, 2023
11:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM PDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:05 Aries 56
Mercury:17 Virgo 50 Rx
Venus:12 Leo 17 Rx
Mars:03 Libra 28
Jupiter:15 Taurus 34
Saturn:03 Pisces 25 Rx
Uranus:23 Taurus 04 Rx
Neptune:26 Pisces 45 Rx
Pluto:28 Capricorn 14 Rx
True Lunar Node:25 Aries 45 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:27 Aries 17 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):26 Leo 28
Chiron:19 Aries 17 Rx
Ceres:24 Libra 31
Pallas:24 Virgo 37
Juno:08 Leo 49
Vesta:26 Gemini 33
Eris:25 Aries 07 Rx
Earth:6
Air:3
Water:2
Fixed:5
Mutable:6

Northern Hemisphere
This local time is in Chicago, Illinois, USA
September 01, 2023
09:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:04 Aries 42
Mercury:17 Virgo 54 Rx
Venus:12 Leo 18 Rx
Mars:03 Libra 25
Jupiter:15 Taurus 34
Saturn:03 Pisces 25 Rx
Uranus:23 Taurus 04 Rx
Neptune:26 Pisces 45 Rx
Pluto:28 Capricorn 14 Rx
True Lunar Node:25 Aries 45 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:27 Aries 17 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):26 Leo 28
Chiron:19 Aries 17 Rx
Ceres:24 Libra 29
Pallas:24 Virgo 35
Juno:08 Leo 47
Vesta:26 Gemini 32
Eris:25 Aries 07 Rx
Earth:6
Air:3
Water:2
Fixed:5
Mutable:6

Northeastern Hemisphere
This local time is in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe
1 September 2023
02:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:00 Aries 22
Mercury:18 Virgo 09 Rx
Venus:12 Leo 20 Rx
Mars:03 Libra 14
Jupiter:15 Taurus 34
Saturn:03 Pisces 26 Rx
Uranus:23 Taurus 04 Rx
Neptune:26 Pisces 45 Rx
Pluto:28 Capricorn 14 Rx
True Lunar Node:25 Aries 46 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:27 Aries 18 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):26 Leo 26
Chiron:19 Aries 18 Rx
Ceres:24 Libra 22
Pallas:24 Virgo 26
Juno:08 Leo 38
Vesta:26 Gemini 27
Eris:25 Aries 07 Rx
Earth:6
Air:3
Water:2
Fixed:5
Mutable:6

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