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 Waxing Crescent Phase. Best seen in the west after the sun dips below the horizon at sunset. This is the first Phase after the New Moon and is a great time to see the features of the moon’s surface. The moon is close to the sun in the sky and mostly dark except for the right edge of the moon which becomes brighter as the days get closer to the next phase which is a First Quarter with a 50% illumination.
Visit the September 2024 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.
Today’s Waxing Crescent Phase
The Waxing Crescent on September 7 has an illumination of 17%. 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 September 7 the Moon is 3.95 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: 17%
Moon Age: 3.95 days
Moon Angle: 0.49
Moon Distance: 403,268.52 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 150,710,226.77 km
Source: currentplanetarypositions.com
London, England
7 September 2024
11:00 am GMT 12:00 PM BST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:02 Scorpio 48
Mercury:27 Leo 35
Venus:10 Libra 54
Mars:01 Cancer 35
Jupiter:19 Gemini 43
Saturn:16 Pisces 05 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 15 Rx
Neptune:28 Pisces 53 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 55 Rx
True Lunar Node:06 Aries 41
Mean Lunar Node:07 Aries 37 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):07 Libra 46
Chiron:22 Aries 46 Rx
Ceres:07 Capricorn 55
Pallas:29 Scorpio 43
Juno:09 Libra 51
Vesta:06 Virgo 22
Eris:25 Aries 18 Rx
Earth:5
Air:4
Water:5
Fixed:4
Mutable:5
Chicago, Illinois
September 07, 2024
05:00 pm GMT 12:00 PM CDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:05 Scorpio 46
Mercury:27 Leo 54
Venus:11 Libra 12
Mars:01 Cancer 44
Jupiter:19 Gemini 44
Saturn:16 Pisces 04 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 14 Rx
Neptune:28 Pisces 53 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 55 Rx
True Lunar Node:06 Aries 41
Mean Lunar Node:07 Aries 36 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):07 Libra 47
Chiron:22 Aries 46 Rx
Ceres:07 Capricorn 56
Pallas:29 Scorpio 47
Juno:09 Libra 57
Vesta:06 Virgo 29
Eris:25 Aries 18 Rx
Earth:5
Air:4
Water:5
Fixed:4
Mutable:5
Los Angels, California
September 17, 2024
07:00 pm GMT 12:00 PM PDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:20 Pisces 54
Mercury:14 Virgo 12
Venus:23 Libra 31
Mars:07 Cancer 37
Jupiter:20 Gemini 35
Saturn:15 Pisces 18 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 09 Rx
Neptune:28 Pisces 36 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 47 Rx
True Lunar Node:06 Aries 37 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:07 Aries 04 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):08 Libra 54
Chiron:22 Aries 23 Rx
Ceres:08 Capricorn 55
Pallas:02 Sagittarius 50
Juno:13 Libra 30
Vesta:11 Virgo 16
Eris:25 Aries 13 Rx
Earth:6
Air:4
Water:4
Fixed:1
Mutable:8
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