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 9 has an illumination of 15%. 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 9 the Moon is 25.83 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: 15%
Moon Age: 25.83 days
Moon Angle: 0.49
Moon Distance: 402,665.49 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 148,162,911.96 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 09, 2023
11:00 pm GMT 3:00 PM PST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:07 Libra 30
Mercury:29 Scorpio 32
Venus:01 Libra 42
Mars:19 Scorpio 47
Jupiter:09 Taurus 36 Rx
Saturn:00 Pisces 32
Uranus:21 Taurus 13 Rx
Neptune:25 Pisces 05 Rx
Pluto:28 Capricorn 07
True Lunar Node:24 Aries 50
Mean Lunar Node:23 Aries 38 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):04 Virgo 10
Chiron:16 Aries 25 Rx
Ceres:23 Scorpio 28
Pallas:25 Libra 53
Juno:09 Virgo 03
Vesta:07 Cancer 20 Rx
Eris:24 Aries 29 Rx
Earth:5
Air:3
Water:7
Fixed:6
Mutable:4
Northern Hemisphere
This local time is in Chicago, Illinois, USA
November 09, 2023
09:00 pm GMT 3:00 PM CST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:06 Libra 29
Mercury:29 Scorpio 24
Venus:01 Libra 37
Mars:19 Scorpio 44
Jupiter:09 Taurus 36 Rx
Saturn:00 Pisces 32
Uranus:21 Taurus 13 Rx
Neptune:25 Pisces 05 Rx
Pluto:28 Capricorn 06
True Lunar Node:24 Aries 50
Mean Lunar Node:23 Aries 38 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):04 Virgo 10
Chiron:16 Aries 25 Rx
Ceres:23 Scorpio 25
Pallas:25 Libra 51
Juno:09 Virgo 01
Vesta:07 Cancer 20 Rx
Eris:24 Aries 29 Rx
Earth:5
Air:3
Water:7
Fixed:6
Mutable:4
Northeastern Hemisphere
This local time is in Paris, France, Europe
9 November 2023
02:00 pm GMT 3:00 PM CET
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:02 Libra 57
Mercury:28 Scorpio 58
Venus:01 Libra 18
Mars:19 Scorpio 32
Jupiter:09 Taurus 39 Rx
Saturn:00 Pisces 32
Uranus:21 Taurus 14 Rx
Neptune:25 Pisces 05 Rx
Pluto:28 Capricorn 06
True Lunar Node:24 Aries 50
Mean Lunar Node:23 Aries 39 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):04 Virgo 08
Chiron:16 Aries 25 Rx
Ceres:23 Scorpio 18
Pallas:25 Libra 43
Juno:08 Virgo 55
Vesta:07 Cancer 21 Rx
Eris:24 Aries 29 Rx
Earth:5
Air:3
Water:7
Fixed:6
Mutable:4
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