Day: December 22, 2023

Posts December 22 to 27, 2023

I hope everyone’s Yule/Winter Solstice or Litha/Summer Solstice was fun, joy filled and blessed.

I am sorry I did not get more Winter Solstice or Yule posts up yesterday but after only around 20 hours of broken sleep since last Saturday I was falling asleep at the keyboard. I finally got a full unbroken night’s sleep last night.

The only posts that will go live on their calendar date until Wednesday, December 27 are the Daily and Birthday Horoscopes. there will be a link for Georgia Nicols’ daily posts along with the Moon Phases for both hemispheres. The reason for this is though I celebrate the pagan Sabbats, my husband, my children and grandchildren mostly follow the Christian holidays. What this means for me is very busy days from the day before Yule/Winter Solstice until the day after Christmas as all my children are grown and no one can agree on just one day to get together now that mom no longer lives in a home big enough to hold all 22 humans and 3 fur kids. I also have a daughter-in-law that is Jewish this year Hanukkah came way before the rest of the winter holidays, so this was a good thing. My oldest daughter celebrates the Wheel of the Year and Christian holidays. My youngest son celebrates none of them. To say the least I have an eclectic family when it comes to holidays.

I will do December 27th Full Moon posts on Tuesday, December 26th.

Also, starting tomorrow Big Dawg and I are taking 3 days off from his job and me from WOTC and not going anywhere. We’re considering shutting our phones off also. Complete peace and quiet just us and our 3 fur kids for a long weekend will be like we’re out in the universe somewhere with only the stars and planets as friends.  This entire week we have driven 200 or more miles every day to bale to achieve this.

I’m getting to spend the day baking tomorrow!! I can hardly wait as I am a hereditary kitchen witch so, you know where I enjoy spending my time when I can.

December 22 and 23, 2023 Current Moon Phase for the Northern and Southern Hemispheres

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.

Source: MoonGiant.com

Northern Hemisphere

December 22, 2023

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 December 2023 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Waxing Gibbous Phase

The Waxing Gibbous on December 22 has an illumination of 79%. 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 December 22 the Moon is 10.24 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

Phase: Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 79%
Moon Age: 10.24 days
Moon Angle: 0.54
Moon Distance: 372,088.01 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,152,180.95 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.

Southern Hemisphere

23 December 2023

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 December 2023 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Waxing Gibbous Phase

The Waxing Gibbous on December 23 has an illumination of 87%. 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 December 23 the Moon is 11.27 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

Phase: Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 87%
Moon Age: 11.27 days
Moon Angle: 0.53
Moon Distance: 376,330.15 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,143,460.05 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.