
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 30 has an illumination of 98%. 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 30 the Moon is 15.99 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: 98%
Moon Age: 15.99 days
Moon Angle: 0.54
Moon Distance: 370,781.13 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 149,797,603.70 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 30, 2023
11:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM PDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:28 Aries 37
Mercury:23 Virgo 04
Venus:23 Leo 33
Mars:22 Libra 29
Jupiter:14 Taurus 26 Rx
Saturn:01 Pisces 29 Rx
Uranus:22 Taurus 38 Rx
Neptune:25 Pisces 57 Rx
Pluto:27 Capricorn 55 Rx
True Lunar Node:24 Aries 54
Mean Lunar Node:25 Aries 45 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):29 Leo 43
Chiron:18 Aries 09 Rx
Ceres:06 Scorpio 24
Pallas:07 Libra 54
Juno:22 Leo 45
Vesta:03 Cancer 59
Eris:24 Aries 52 Rx
Earth:4
Air:3
Water:4
Fixed:6
Mutable:3

Northern Hemisphere
This local time is in Chicago, Illinois, USA
September 30, 2023
09:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:27 Aries 25
Mercury:22 Virgo 56
Venus:23 Leo 29
Mars:22 Libra 25
Jupiter:14 Taurus 27 Rx
Saturn:01 Pisces 29 Rx
Uranus:22 Taurus 39 Rx
Neptune:25 Pisces 58 Rx
Pluto:27 Capricorn 55 Rx
True Lunar Node:24 Aries 54
Mean Lunar Node:25 Aries 45 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):29 Leo 42
Chiron:18 Aries 09 Rx
Ceres:06 Scorpio 22
Pallas:07 Libra 52
Juno:22 Leo 42
Vesta:03 Cancer 58
Eris:24 Aries 52 Rx
Earth:4
Air:3
Water:4
Fixed:6
Mutable:3

Northeastern Hemisphere
This local time is in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe
30 September 2023
02:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:23 Aries 12
Mercury:22 Virgo 27
Venus:23 Leo 17
Mars:22 Libra 14
Jupiter:14 Taurus 28 Rx
Saturn:01 Pisces 30 Rx
Uranus:22 Taurus 39 Rx
Neptune:25 Pisces 58 Rx
Pluto:27 Capricorn 55 Rx
True Lunar Node:24 Aries 54 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:25 Aries 46 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):29 Leo 40
Chiron:18 Aries 10 Rx
Ceres:06 Scorpio 15
Pallas:07 Libra 44
Juno:22 Leo 34
Vesta:03 Cancer 54
Eris:24 Aries 53 Rx
Earth:4
Air:3
Water:4
Fixed:6
Mutable:3
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