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 September 2023 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.
Today’s Waxing Crescent Phase
The Waxing Crescent on September 21 has an illumination of 36%. 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 21 the Moon is 6.06 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: 36%
Moon Age: 6.06 days
Moon Angle: 0.53
Moon Distance: 378,327.27 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 150,178,688.25 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 21, 2023
11:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM PDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:17 Sagittarius 59
Mercury:10 Virgo 53
Venus:17 Leo 41
Mars:16 Libra 31
Jupiter:15 Taurus 05 Rx
Saturn:02 Pisces 00 Rx
Uranus:22 Taurus 51 Rx
Neptune:26 Pisces 12 Rx
Pluto:27 Capricorn 59 Rx
True Lunar Node:25 Aries 08
Mean Lunar Node:26 Aries 14 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):28 Leo 42
Chiron:18 Aries 32 Rx
Ceres:02 Scorpio 39
Pallas:03 Libra 47
Juno:18 Leo 35
Vesta:02 Cancer 01
Eris:24 Aries 57 Rx
Earth:5
Air:2
Water:4
Fixed:6
Mutable:5
Northern Hemisphere
This local time is in Chicago, Illinois, USA
September 21, 2023
09:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:16 Sagittarius 53
Mercury:10 Virgo 48
Venus:17 Leo 38
Mars:16 Libra 27
Jupiter:15 Taurus 05 Rx
Saturn:02 Pisces 01 Rx
Uranus:22 Taurus 51 Rx
Neptune:26 Pisces 12 Rx
Pluto:27 Capricorn 59 Rx
True Lunar Node:25 Aries 07
Mean Lunar Node:26 Aries 14 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):28 Leo 42
Chiron:18 Aries 32 Rx
Ceres:02 Scorpio 37
Pallas:03 Libra 45
Juno:18 Leo 32
Vesta:02 Cancer 00
Eris:24 Aries 57 Rx
Earth:5
Air:2
Water:4
Fixed:6
Mutable:5
Northeastern Hemisphere
This local time is in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe
September 21, 2023
02:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:13 Sagittarius 01
Mercury:10 Virgo 33
Venus:17 Leo 28
Mars:16 Libra 16
Jupiter:15 Taurus 06 Rx
Saturn:02 Pisces 02 Rx
Uranus:22 Taurus 51 Rx
Neptune:26 Pisces 13 Rx
Pluto:27 Capricorn 59 Rx
True Lunar Node:25 Aries 07
Mean Lunar Node:26 Aries 15 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):28 Leo 40
Chiron:18 Aries 33 Rx
Ceres:02 Scorpio 30
Pallas:03 Libra 37
Juno:18 Leo 24
Vesta:01 Cancer 56
Eris:24 Aries 58 Rx
Earth:5
Air:2
Water:4
Fixed:6
Mutable:5
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