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 September 2024 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.
Today’s Waning Crescent Phase
The Waning Crescent on September 26 has an illumination of 33%. 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 26 the Moon is 23.81 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: 33%
Moon Age: 23.81 days
Moon Angle: 0.51
Moon Distance: 388,815.72 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 149,936,024.07 km
Source: currentplanetarypositions.com
London, England
26 September 2024
11:00 am GMT 12:00 PM BST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:23 Cancer 50
Mercury:00 Libra 13
Venus:04 Scorpio 05
Mars:12 Cancer 26
Jupiter:21 Gemini 04
Saturn:14 Pisces 40 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 00 Rx
Neptune:28 Pisces 22 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 42 Rx
True Lunar Node:06 Aries 39 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:06 Aries 37 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):09 Libra 52
Chiron:22 Aries 02 Rx
Ceres:10 Capricorn 10
Pallas:05 Sagittarius 38
Juno:16 Libra 34
Vesta:15 Virgo 23
Eris:25 Aries 09 Rx
Earth:4
Air:5
Water:5
Fixed:2
Mutable:5
Chicago, Illinois
September 26, 2024
05:00 pm GMT 12:00 PM CDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:26 Cancer 59
Mercury:00 Libra 40
Venus:04 Scorpio 23
Mars:12 Cancer 34
Jupiter:21 Gemini 04
Saturn:14 Pisces 39 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 00 Rx
Neptune:28 Pisces 21 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 42 Rx
True Lunar Node:06 Aries 39 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:06 Aries 36 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):09 Libra 54
Chiron:22 Aries 01 Rx
Ceres:10 Capricorn 12
Pallas:05 Sagittarius 43
Juno:16 Libra 40
Vesta:15 Virgo 30
Eris:25 Aries 09 Rx
Earth:4
Air:5
Water:5
Fixed:2
Mutable:5
Los Angels, California
September 26, 2024
07:00 pm GMT 12:00 PM PDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:28 Cancer 02
Mercury:00 Libra 50
Venus:04 Scorpio 29
Mars:12 Cancer 37
Jupiter:21 Gemini 05
Saturn:14 Pisces 39 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 00 Rx
Neptune:28 Pisces 21 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 42 Rx
True Lunar Node:06 Aries 39 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:06 Aries 35 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):09 Libra 54
Chiron:22 Aries 01 Rx
Ceres:10 Capricorn 13
Pallas:05 Sagittarius 45
Juno:16 Libra 41
Vesta:15 Virgo 32
Eris:25 Aries 09 Rx
Earth:4
Air:5
Water:5
Fixed:2
Mutable:5
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