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 Crescent phase. This phase is best viewed just before the sunrise in the western sky. In this phase the Moon’s illumination is growing smaller each day until the New Moon. During this part of the Moon cycle, the Moon is getting closer to the Sun as viewed from Earth and the night side of the Moon is facing the Earth with only a small edge of the Moon being illuminated. It can also be a great time to see the features of the Moon’s surface. Along the edge where the illuminated portion meets the dark side, the craters and mountains cast long shadows making them easier to observe with a telescope or binoculars.
Visit the November 2023 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.
Today’s Waning Crescent Phase
The Waning Crescent on November 8 has an illumination of 22%. 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 November 8 the Moon is 24.93 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: 22%
Moon Age: 24.93 days
Moon Angle: 0.49
Moon Distance: 404,520.41 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 148,198,693.89 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
November 08, 2023
11:00 pm GMT 3:00 PM PST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:25 Virgo 26
Mercury:28 Scorpio 01
Venus:00 Libra 37
Mars:19 Scorpio 06
Jupiter:09 Taurus 44 Rx
Saturn:00 Pisces 32
Uranus:21 Taurus 16 Rx
Neptune:25 Pisces 06 Rx
Pluto:28 Capricorn 06
True Lunar Node:24 Aries 49
Mean Lunar Node:23 Aries 41 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):04 Virgo 04
Chiron:16 Aries 27 Rx
Ceres:23 Scorpio 02
Pallas:25 Libra 26
Juno:08 Virgo 42
Vesta:07 Cancer 23 Rx
Eris:24 Aries 30 Rx
Earth:6
Air:2
Water:7
Fixed:6
Mutable:5
Northern Hemisphere
This local time is in Chicago, Illinois, USA
November 08, 2023
09:00 pm GMT 3:00 PM CST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:24 Virgo 26
Mercury:27 Scorpio 53
Venus:00 Libra 31
Mars:19 Scorpio 02
Jupiter:09 Taurus 44 Rx
Saturn:00 Pisces 32
Uranus:21 Taurus 16 Rx
Neptune:25 Pisces 06 Rx
Pluto:28 Capricorn 06
True Lunar Node:24 Aries 49
Mean Lunar Node:23 Aries 41 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):04 Virgo 03
Chiron:16 Aries 27 Rx
Ceres:23 Scorpio 00
Pallas:25 Libra 24
Juno:08 Virgo 40
Vesta:07 Cancer 23 Rx
Eris:24 Aries 30 Rx
Earth:6
Air:2
Water:7
Fixed:6
Mutable:5
Northeastern Hemisphere
This local time is in Paris, France, Europe
8 November 2023
02:00 pm GMT 3:00 PM CET
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:20 Virgo 57
Mercury:27 Scorpio 27
Venus:00 Libra 12
Mars:18 Scorpio 50
Jupiter:09 Taurus 47 Rx
Saturn:00 Pisces 32
Uranus:21 Taurus 17 Rx
Neptune:25 Pisces 06 Rx
Pluto:28 Capricorn 05
True Lunar Node:24 Aries 48
Mean Lunar Node:23 Aries 42 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):04 Virgo 01
Chiron:16 Aries 28 Rx
Ceres:22 Scorpio 52
Pallas:25 Libra 16
Juno:08 Virgo 34
Vesta:07 Cancer 24 Rx
Eris:24 Aries 30 Rx
Earth:6
Air:2
Water:7
Fixed:6
Mutable:5
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