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 Gibbous phase. Visible through most of the night sky setting a few hours before sunrise. This phase is when the moon is more than 50% illuminated but not yet a Full Moon. The phase lasts about 7 days with the moon becoming more illuminated each day until the Full Moon. This September Full Moon will be the forth and final supermoon of 2023.
During a Waxing Gibbous the moon rises in the east in mid-afternoon and is high in the eastern sky at sunset. The word Gibbous first appeared in the 14th century and has its roots in the Latin word “gibbosus” meaning humpbacked.
Visit the September 2023 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.
Today’s Waxing Gibbous Phase
The Waxing Gibbous on September 28 has an illumination of 99%. 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 28 the Moon is 13.71 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: 99%
Moon Age: 13.71 days
Moon Angle: 0.55
Moon Distance: 364,852.42 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 149,883,105.77 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
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For Your Local Time and Date
Northwestern Hemisphere
This local time is in Los Angeles, California, USA
September 28, 2023
11:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM PDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:29 Pisces 12
Mercury:19 Virgo 50
Venus:22 Leo 07
Mars:21 Libra 09
Jupiter:14 Taurus 36 Rx
Saturn:01 Pisces 35 Rx
Uranus:22 Taurus 41 Rx
Neptune:26 Pisces 01 Rx
Pluto:27 Capricorn 56 Rx
True Lunar Node:24 Aries 55 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:25 Aries 51 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):29 Leo 29
Chiron:18 Aries 14 Rx
Ceres:05 Scorpio 34
Pallas:06 Libra 59
Juno:21 Leo 50
Vesta:03 Cancer 34
Eris:24 Aries 54 Rx
Earth:4
Air:3
Water:5
Fixed:6
Mutable:4
Northern Hemisphere
This local time is in Chicago, Illinois, USA
September 28, 2023
09:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:27 Pisces 57
Mercury:19 Virgo 43
Venus:22 Leo 03
Mars:21 Libra 05
Jupiter:14 Taurus 36 Rx
Saturn:01 Pisces 35 Rx
Uranus:22 Taurus 41 Rx
Neptune:26 Pisces 01 Rx
Pluto:27 Capricorn 56 Rx
True Lunar Node:24 Aries 55 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:25 Aries 52 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):29 Leo 29
Chiron:18 Aries 14 Rx
Ceres:05 Scorpio 32
Pallas:06 Libra 57
Juno:21 Leo 47
Vesta:03 Cancer 33
Eris:24 Aries 54 Rx
Earth:4
Air:3
Water:5
Fixed:6
Mutable:4
Northeastern Hemisphere
This local time is in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe
28 September 2023
02:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:23 Pisces 35
Mercury:19 Virgo 16
Venus:21 Leo 51
Mars:20 Libra 54
Jupiter:14 Taurus 38 Rx
Saturn:01 Pisces 36 Rx
Uranus:22 Taurus 42 Rx
Neptune:26 Pisces 01 Rx
Pluto:27 Capricorn 56 Rx
True Lunar Node:24 Aries 56 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:25 Aries 53 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):29 Leo 27
Chiron:18 Aries 15 Rx
Ceres:05 Scorpio 25
Pallas:06 Libra 49
Juno:21 Leo 39
Vesta:03 Cancer 30
Eris:24 Aries 54 Rx
Earth:4
Air:3
Water:5
Fixed:6
Mutable:4
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