November 5, 2024 Current Moon Phase and Planetary Positions for the Northern Hemispheres

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 November 2024 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Waxing Crescent Phase

The Waxing Crescent on November 5 has an illumination of 16%. 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 November 5 the Moon is 3.91 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

Phase: Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 16%
Moon Age: 3.91 days
Moon Angle: 0.51
Moon Distance: 388,130.60 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 148,271,199.55 km

Source: currentplanetarypositions.com

London, England

5 November 2024
12:00 pm GMT 12:00 PM GMT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:13 Scorpio 34
Moon:28 Sagittarius 16
Mercury:03 Sagittarius 42
Venus:22 Sagittarius 30
Mars:00 Leo 27
Jupiter:20 Gemini 07 Rx
Saturn:12 Pisces 47 Rx
Uranus:25 Taurus 43 Rx
Neptune:27 Pisces 25 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 47

True Lunar Node:05 Aries 59 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:04 Aries 29 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):14 Libra 18

Chiron:20 Aries 15 Rx
Ceres:19 Capricorn 36
Pallas:20 Sagittarius 05
Juno:00 Scorpio 45
Vesta:04 Libra 20

Eris:24 Aries 45 Rx

Fire:9
Earth:3
Air:3
Water:4
Cardinal:8
Fixed:4
Mutable:7

Chicago, Illinois

November 05, 2024
06:00 pm GMT 12:00 PM CST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:13 Scorpio 49
Moon:01 Capricorn 26
Mercury:04 Sagittarius 02
Venus:22 Sagittarius 48
Mars:00 Leo 32
Jupiter:20 Gemini 06 Rx
Saturn:12 Pisces 47 Rx
Uranus:25 Taurus 43 Rx
Neptune:27 Pisces 25 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 47

True Lunar Node:05 Aries 57 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:04 Aries 29 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):14 Libra 20

Chiron:20 Aries 14 Rx
Ceres:19 Capricorn 40
Pallas:20 Sagittarius 11
Juno:00 Scorpio 50
Vesta:04 Libra 27

Eris:24 Aries 45 Rx

Fire:8
Earth:4
Air:3
Water:4
Cardinal:9
Fixed:4
Mutable:6

Los Angels, California

November 05, 2024
08:00 pm GMT 12:00 PM PST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:13 Scorpio 54
Moon:02 Capricorn 30
Mercury:04 Sagittarius 09
Venus:22 Sagittarius 54
Mars:00 Leo 33
Jupiter:20 Gemini 05 Rx
Saturn:12 Pisces 47 Rx
Uranus:25 Taurus 42 Rx
Neptune:27 Pisces 25 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 47

True Lunar Node:05 Aries 57 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:04 Aries 28 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):14 Libra 20

Chiron:20 Aries 14 Rx
Ceres:19 Capricorn 42
Pallas:20 Sagittarius 13
Juno:00 Scorpio 52
Vesta:04 Libra 29

Eris:24 Aries 45 Rx

Fire:8
Earth:4
Air:3
Water:4
Cardinal:9
Fixed:4
Mutable:6