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 October 2023 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.
Today’s Waxing Crescent Phase
The Waxing Crescent on October 15 has an illumination of 1%. 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 October 15 the Moon is 0.7 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: 1%
Moon Age: 0.70 days
Moon Angle: 0.51
Moon Distance: 394,313.28 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 149,154,292.30 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
October 15, 2023
11:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM PDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:06 Scorpio 14
Mercury:19 Libra 17
Venus:06 Virgo 10
Mars:02 Scorpio 34
Jupiter:12 Taurus 53 Rx
Saturn:00 Pisces 50 Rx
Uranus:22 Taurus 11 Rx
Neptune:25 Pisces 34 Rx
Pluto:27 Capricorn 54
True Lunar Node:24 Aries 53
Mean Lunar Node:24 Aries 57 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):01 Virgo 23
Chiron:17 Aries 28 Rx
Ceres:12 Scorpio 45
Pallas:14 Libra 43
Juno:29 Leo 20
Vesta:06 Cancer 23
Eris:24 Aries 44 Rx
Earth:5
Air:3
Water:6
Fixed:6
Mutable:4
Northern Hemisphere
This local time is in Chicago, Illinois, USA
October 15, 2023
09:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:05 Scorpio 11
Mercury:19 Libra 08
Venus:06 Virgo 05
Mars:02 Scorpio 31
Jupiter:12 Taurus 54 Rx
Saturn:00 Pisces 50 Rx
Uranus:22 Taurus 11 Rx
Neptune:25 Pisces 34 Rx
Pluto:27 Capricorn 54
True Lunar Node:24 Aries 53
Mean Lunar Node:24 Aries 58 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):01 Virgo 23
Chiron:17 Aries 28 Rx
Ceres:12 Scorpio 43
Pallas:14 Libra 40
Juno:29 Leo 17
Vesta:06 Cancer 23
Eris:24 Aries 44 Rx
Earth:5
Air:3
Water:6
Fixed:6
Mutable:4
Northeastern Hemisphere
This local time is in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe
15 October 2023
02:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:01 Scorpio 32
Mercury:18 Libra 38
Venus:05 Virgo 49
Mars:02 Scorpio 19
Jupiter:12 Taurus 56 Rx
Saturn:00 Pisces 51 Rx
Uranus:22 Taurus 12 Rx
Neptune:25 Pisces 35 Rx
Pluto:27 Capricorn 54
True Lunar Node:24 Aries 52
Mean Lunar Node:24 Aries 59 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):01 Virgo 21
Chiron:17 Aries 29 Rx
Ceres:12 Scorpio 35
Pallas:14 Libra 32
Juno:29 Leo 10
Vesta:06 Cancer 21
Eris:24 Aries 44 Rx
Earth:5
Air:3
Water:6
Fixed:6
Mutable:4
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