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 Waning Gibbous. During this phase the Moon can be seen in the early morning daylight hours on the western horizon. This is the first phase after the Full Moon occurs. It lasts roughly 7 days with the Moon’s illumination growing smaller each day until the Moon becomes a Last Quarter Moon with an illumination of 50%. The average Moon rise for this phase is between 9pm and Midnight depending on the age of the phase. The moon rises later and later each night setting after sunrise in the morning.
Visit the October 2024 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.
Today’s Waning Gibbous Phase
The Waning Gibbous on October 22 has an illumination of 67%. 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 October 22 the Moon is 20.54 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: 67%
Moon Age: 20.54 days
Moon Angle: 0.52
Moon Distance: 382,226.91 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 148,820,888.28 km
Source: currentplanetarypositions.com
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
22 October 2024
02:00 am GMT 12:00 PM AEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:01 Cancer 49
Mercury:12 Scorpio 55
Venus:05 Sagittarius 10
Mars:24 Cancer 57
Jupiter:21 Gemini 04 Rx
Saturn:13 Pisces 12 Rx
Uranus:26 Taurus 16 Rx
Neptune:27 Pisces 42 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 40
True Lunar Node:06 Aries 26 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:05 Aries 15 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):12 Libra 42
Chiron:20 Aries 53 Rx
Ceres:15 Capricorn 37
Pallas:14 Sagittarius 40
Juno:25 Libra 41
Vesta:27 Virgo 33
Eris:24 Aries 54 Rx
Earth:4
Air:4
Water:5
Fixed:2
Mutable:6
Cape Town, South Africa
22 October 2024
10:00 am GMT 12:00 PM SAST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:06 Cancer 20
Mercury:13 Scorpio 25
Venus:05 Sagittarius 34
Mars:25 Cancer 05
Jupiter:21 Gemini 03 Rx
Saturn:13 Pisces 12 Rx
Uranus:26 Taurus 16 Rx
Neptune:27 Pisces 42 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 40
True Lunar Node:06 Aries 25 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:05 Aries 14 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):12 Libra 44
Chiron:20 Aries 52 Rx
Ceres:15 Capricorn 42
Pallas:14 Sagittarius 47
Juno:25 Libra 48
Vesta:27 Virgo 43
Eris:24 Aries 53 Rx
Earth:4
Air:4
Water:5
Fixed:2
Mutable:6
Easter Island, Chile
22 October 2024
06:00 pm GMT 12:00 PM EAST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:10 Cancer 48
Mercury:13 Scorpio 55
Venus:05 Sagittarius 58
Mars:25 Cancer 14
Jupiter:21 Gemini 02 Rx
Saturn:13 Pisces 11 Rx
Uranus:26 Taurus 15 Rx
Neptune:27 Pisces 42 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 40
True Lunar Node:06 Aries 24 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:05 Aries 13 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):12 Libra 47
Chiron:20 Aries 51 Rx
Ceres:15 Capricorn 47
Pallas:14 Sagittarius 55
Juno:25 Libra 55
Vesta:27 Virgo 52
Eris:24 Aries 53 Rx
Earth:4
Air:4
Water:5
Fixed:2
Mutable:6
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