Source: MoonGiant.com
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
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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 August 2024 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.
Today’s Waning Crescent Phase
The Waning Crescent on August 29 has an illumination of 19%. 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 August 29 the Moon is 25.25 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: 19%
Moon Age: 25.25 days
Moon Angle: 0.52
Moon Distance: 386,449.50 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 151,039,720.17 km
Source: currentplanetarypositions.com
London, England
29 August 2024
11:00 am GMT 12:00 PM BST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:14 Cancer 07
Mercury:21 Leo 26
Venus:29 Virgo 53
Mars:26 Gemini 06
Jupiter:18 Gemini 43
Saturn:16 Pisces 46 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 15
Neptune:29 Pisces 07 Rx
Pluto:00 Aquarius 04 Rx
True Lunar Node:07 Aries 01 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:08 Aries 06 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):06 Libra 46
Chiron:23 Aries 03 Rx
Ceres:07 Capricorn 31
Pallas:27 Scorpio 14
Juno:06 Libra 43
Vesta:02 Virgo 06
Eris:25 Aries 22 Rx
Earth:5
Air:5
Water:4
Fixed:4
Mutable:7
Chicago, Illinois
August 29, 2024
05:00 pm GMT 12:00 PM CDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:17 Cancer 18
Mercury:21 Leo 27
Venus:00 Libra 11
Mars:26 Gemini 15
Jupiter:18 Gemini 45
Saturn:16 Pisces 45 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 15
Neptune:29 Pisces 07 Rx
Pluto:00 Aquarius 03 Rx
True Lunar Node:07 Aries 00 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:08 Aries 05 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):06 Libra 48
Chiron:23 Aries 02 Rx
Ceres:07 Capricorn 31
Pallas:27 Scorpio 18
Juno:06 Libra 48
Vesta:02 Virgo 14
Eris:25 Aries 22 Rx
Earth:4
Air:6
Water:4
Fixed:4
Mutable:6
Los Angels, California
August 29, 2024
07:00 pm GMT 12:00 PM PDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:18 Cancer 22
Mercury:21 Leo 28
Venus:00 Libra 17
Mars:26 Gemini 18
Jupiter:18 Gemini 46
Saturn:16 Pisces 45 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 15
Neptune:29 Pisces 07 Rx
Pluto:00 Aquarius 03 Rx
True Lunar Node:07 Aries 00 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:08 Aries 04 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):06 Libra 48
Chiron:23 Aries 02 Rx
Ceres:07 Capricorn 32
Pallas:27 Scorpio 20
Juno:06 Libra 50
Vesta:02 Virgo 16
Eris:25 Aries 22 Rx
Earth:4
Air:6
Water:4
Fixed:4
Mutable:6
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