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.
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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 September 2024 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.
Today’s Waxing Gibbous Phase
The Waxing Gibbous on September 12 has an illumination of 63%. 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 12 the Moon is 8.61 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: 63%
Moon Age: 8.61 days
Moon Angle: 0.52
Moon Distance: 384,149.71 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 150,515,004.79 km
Source: currentplanetarypositions.com
London, England
12 September 2024
11:00 am GMT 12:00 PM BST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:04 Capricorn 34
Mercury:04 Virgo 51
Venus:17 Libra 00
Mars:04 Cancer 32
Jupiter:20 Gemini 10
Saturn:15 Pisces 42 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 12 Rx
Neptune:28 Pisces 45 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 51 Rx
True Lunar Node:06 Aries 45 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:07 Aries 21 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):08 Libra 19
Chiron:22 Aries 36 Rx
Ceres:08 Capricorn 20
Pallas:01 Sagittarius 12
Juno:11 Libra 37
Vesta:08 Virgo 44
Eris:25 Aries 16 Rx
Earth:7
Air:4
Water:3
Fixed:1
Mutable:7
Chicago, Illinois
September 12, 2024
05:00 pm GMT 12:00 PM CDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:07 Capricorn 53
Mercury:05 Virgo 16
Venus:17 Libra 19
Mars:04 Cancer 41
Jupiter:20 Gemini 12
Saturn:15 Pisces 41 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 12 Rx
Neptune:28 Pisces 45 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 50 Rx
True Lunar Node:06 Aries 44 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:07 Aries 20 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):08 Libra 21
Chiron:22 Aries 35 Rx
Ceres:08 Capricorn 21
Pallas:01 Sagittarius 16
Juno:11 Libra 42
Vesta:08 Virgo 51
Eris:25 Aries 16 Rx
Earth:7
Air:4
Water:3
Fixed:1
Mutable:7
Los Angels, California
September 12, 2024
07:00 pm GMT 12:00 PM PDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:08 Capricorn 59
Mercury:05 Virgo 24
Venus:17 Libra 25
Mars:04 Cancer 44
Jupiter:20 Gemini 12
Saturn:15 Pisces 41 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 12 Rx
Neptune:28 Pisces 44 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 50 Rx
True Lunar Node:06 Aries 44 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:07 Aries 20 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):08 Libra 21
Chiron:22 Aries 35 Rx
Ceres:08 Capricorn 22
Pallas:01 Sagittarius 18
Juno:11 Libra 44
Vesta:08 Virgo 53
Eris:25 Aries 16 Rx
Earth:7
Air:4
Water:3
Fixed:1
Mutable:7
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