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 October 2023 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.
Today’s Waxing Gibbous Phase
The Waxing Gibbous on October 24 has an illumination of 76%. 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 24 the Moon is 9.94 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: 76%
Moon Age: 9.94 days
Moon Angle: 0.55
Moon Distance: 363,298.57 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 148,778,511.53 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 24, 2023
11:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM PDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:08 Pisces 44
Mercury:04 Scorpio 25
Venus:14 Virgo 52
Mars:08 Scorpio 42
Jupiter:11 Taurus 45 Rx
Saturn:00 Pisces 36 Rx
Uranus:21 Taurus 52 Rx
Neptune:25 Pisces 22 Rx
Pluto:27 Capricorn 56
True Lunar Node:24 Aries 53
Mean Lunar Node:24 Aries 29 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):02 Virgo 23
Chiron:17 Aries 04 Rx
Ceres:16 Scorpio 36
Pallas:18 Libra 46
Juno:03 Virgo 02
Vesta:07 Cancer 13
Eris:24 Aries 38 Rx
Earth:6
Air:1
Water:8
Fixed:6
Mutable:6
Northern Hemisphere
This local time is in Chicago, Illinois, USA
October 24, 2023
09:01 pm GMT 4:00 PM CDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:07 Pisces 32
Mercury:04 Scorpio 16
Venus:14 Virgo 47
Mars:08 Scorpio 39
Jupiter:11 Taurus 46 Rx
Saturn:00 Pisces 36 Rx
Uranus:21 Taurus 52 Rx
Neptune:25 Pisces 22 Rx
Pluto:27 Capricorn 56
True Lunar Node:24 Aries 53
Mean Lunar Node:24 Aries 29 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):02 Virgo 23
Chiron:17 Aries 04 Rx
Ceres:16 Scorpio 34
Pallas:18 Libra 44
Juno:03 Virgo 00
Vesta:07 Cancer 12
Eris:24 Aries 38 Rx
Earth:6
Air:1
Water:8
Fixed:6
Mutable:6
Northeastern Hemisphere
This local time is in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe
24 October 2023
02:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:03 Pisces 17
Mercury:03 Scorpio 48
Venus:14 Virgo 29
Mars:08 Scorpio 27
Jupiter:11 Taurus 48 Rx
Saturn:00 Pisces 37 Rx
Uranus:21 Taurus 52 Rx
Neptune:25 Pisces 23 Rx
Pluto:27 Capricorn 56
True Lunar Node:24 Aries 53
Mean Lunar Node:24 Aries 30 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):02 Virgo 21
Chiron:17 Aries 05 Rx
Ceres:16 Scorpio 26
Pallas:18 Libra 36
Juno:02 Virgo 53
Vesta:07 Cancer 11
Eris:24 Aries 38 Rx
Earth:6
Air:1
Water:8
Fixed:6
Mutable:6
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