Day: May 18, 2024

Good Evening WOTC Family and Friends

After a long day of working I’m finally getting to relax with Crystal Moon and Merlin. As I was reading a great book in an interesting series a thought popped into my head, which I’ve learned over many years to listen to as it’s one of my Spirit Guides nudging me, that I should pop onto here to say hi and to ask how each of you are doing. I’ve also found out over the years that when I ignore a popped in out of the blue thought that I really should have listened to what was said.

So hi! I hope each of you are having a relaxing evening! If you want to talk know I’m available just email me at ladybeltane@witchespfthecraft.com. I will answer you as soon as I can as emails come to my phone even when I’m out with Big Dawg working I get notified. Continue reading “Good Evening WOTC Family and Friends” →

Some Humor for Your Day and Listening Pleasure

Home My Hands are In The Air Like I Just Do Not Care

Dance Party! 🕺 Dance Songs for Kids – Actions Song – Bounce Patrol (for the child in all of us)

I hope the rest of your day and evening is relaxing, filled with fun and love.

Blessed be.

Spell for Saturday – A GENERAL CHARGE FOR SPELL WORK

(YOU CAN COPY AND PASTE ANY SPELLS POSTED TO A DOCUMENT TO PRINT AND/OR SAVE ON YOUR COMPUTER)

A GENERAL CHARGE FOR SPELL WORK

The following chant is a good all purpose chant that can be used for just about any spell:

Witches power burning bright, tarot, rune and blade,
Charge the spell, enfilled with might, here and now the magic’s made.
Wave and tree, hedge and flame, strength of the elements gather here,
Mystic Moon and Brilliant Sun, send your power here this way,
Gracious Lady, Mighty Lord, bless this charge that I lay.
Powers that are, powers that be, gather round this spell I cast,
empower my working three times three, send it forth to see it last!

So Mote it Be!

May 18 and 19, 2024 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.

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.

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

Source: MoonGiant.com

Northern Hemisphere

May 18, 2024

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 May 2024 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Waxing Gibbous Phase

The Waxing Gibbous on May 18 has an illumination of 77%. 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 May 18 the Moon is 10.06 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: 77%
Moon Age: 10.06 days
Moon Angle: 0.49
Moon Distance: 405,389.69 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 151,359,338.80 km

Southern Hemisphere

19 May 2024

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 May 2024 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Waxing Gibbous Phase

The Waxing Gibbous on May 19 has an illumination of 84%. 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 May 19 the Moon is 10.96 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: 84%
Moon Age: 10.96 days
Moon Angle: 0.49
Moon Distance: 404,425.73 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 151,389,277.62 km