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 29 has an illumination of 9%. 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 29 the Moon is 26.59 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: 9%
Moon Age: 26.59 days
Moon Angle: 0.50
Moon Distance: 400,550.82 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 149,807,975.11 km
Source: currentplanetarypositions.com
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
29 September 2024
02:00 am GMT 12:00 PM AEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:26 Leo 09
Mercury:04 Libra 59
Venus:07 Scorpio 17
Mars:13 Cancer 50
Jupiter:21 Gemini 10
Saturn:14 Pisces 29 Rx
Uranus:26 Taurus 57 Rx
Neptune:28 Pisces 18 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 41 Rx
True Lunar Node:06 Aries 39 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:06 Aries 28 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):10 Libra 09
Chiron:21 Aries 55 Rx
Ceres:10 Capricorn 36
Pallas:06 Sagittarius 31
Juno:17 Libra 30
Vesta:16 Virgo 38
Eris:25 Aries 07 Rx
Earth:4
Air:5
Water:4
Fixed:3
Mutable:5
Cape Town, South Africa
29 September 2024
10:00 am GMT 12:00 PM SAST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:00 Virgo 09
Mercury:05 Libra 35
Venus:07 Scorpio 41
Mars:14 Cancer 01
Jupiter:21 Gemini 11
Saturn:14 Pisces 28 Rx
Uranus:26 Taurus 56 Rx
Neptune:28 Pisces 17 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 41 Rx
True Lunar Node:06 Aries 39
Mean Lunar Node:06 Aries 27 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):10 Libra 12
Chiron:21 Aries 54 Rx
Ceres:10 Capricorn 40
Pallas:06 Sagittarius 38
Juno:17 Libra 37
Vesta:16 Virgo 47
Eris:25 Aries 07 Rx
Earth:5
Air:5
Water:4
Fixed:2
Mutable:6
Easter Island, Chile
29 September 2024
06:00 pm GMT 12:00 PM EAST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:04 Virgo 09
Mercury:06 Libra 11
Venus:08 Scorpio 05
Mars:14 Cancer 11
Jupiter:21 Gemini 11
Saturn:14 Pisces 27 Rx
Uranus:26 Taurus 56 Rx
Neptune:28 Pisces 16 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 41 Rx
True Lunar Node:06 Aries 39
Mean Lunar Node:06 Aries 26 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):10 Libra 14
Chiron:21 Aries 53 Rx
Ceres:10 Capricorn 43
Pallas:06 Sagittarius 44
Juno:17 Libra 45
Vesta:16 Virgo 57
Eris:25 Aries 07 Rx
Earth:5
Air:5
Water:4
Fixed:2
Mutable:6
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