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 First Quarter phase. This phase occurs roughly 7 days after the New Moon when the moon is one quarter of the way through its orbit around the earth. Exactly half the moon will be illuminated and half dark. On the day of the First Quarter phase the moon is high overhead at sunset and is visible until mid-night when it sets in the west. The First Quarter phase is a one-day event and in the following days enters a Waxing Gibbous phase becoming more illuminated each day until the Full Moon.
Visit the November 2024 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.
Today’s First Quarter Phase
The First Quarter on November 9 has an illumination of 55%. 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 9 the Moon is 7.86 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: 55%
Moon Age: 7.86 days
Moon Angle: 0.54
Moon Distance: 370,315.24 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 148,128,744.96 km
Source: currentplanetarypositions.com
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
9 November 2024
01:00 am GMT 12:00 PM AEDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:14 Aquarius 32
Mercury:08 Sagittarius 22
Venus:26 Sagittarius 45
Mars:01 Leo 34
Jupiter:19 Gemini 48 Rx
Saturn:12 Pisces 44 Rx
Uranus:25 Taurus 35 Rx
Neptune:27 Pisces 22 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 50
True Lunar Node:05 Aries 47 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:04 Aries 18 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):14 Libra 42
Chiron:20 Aries 06 Rx
Ceres:20 Capricorn 39
Pallas:21 Sagittarius 27
Juno:01 Scorpio 59
Vesta:05 Libra 59
Eris:24 Aries 43 Rx
Earth:3
Air:4
Water:4
Fixed:5
Mutable:6
Cape Town, South Africa
9 November 2024
10:00 am GMT 12:00 PM SAST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:19 Aquarius 39
Mercury:08 Sagittarius 51
Venus:27 Sagittarius 12
Mars:01 Leo 41
Jupiter:19 Gemini 46 Rx
Saturn:12 Pisces 44 Rx
Uranus:25 Taurus 34 Rx
Neptune:27 Pisces 21 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 50
True Lunar Node:05 Aries 47
Mean Lunar Node:04 Aries 17 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):14 Libra 44
Chiron:20 Aries 06 Rx
Ceres:20 Capricorn 46
Pallas:21 Sagittarius 36
Juno:02 Scorpio 06
Vesta:06 Libra 09
Eris:24 Aries 43 Rx
Earth:3
Air:4
Water:4
Fixed:5
Mutable:6
Easter Island, Chile, South America
9 November 2024
05:00 pm GMT 12:00 PM EASST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:23 Aquarius 39
Mercury:09 Sagittarius 13
Venus:27 Sagittarius 32
Mars:01 Leo 46
Jupiter:19 Gemini 44 Rx
Saturn:12 Pisces 43 Rx
Uranus:25 Taurus 33 Rx
Neptune:27 Pisces 21 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 50
True Lunar Node:05 Aries 47
Mean Lunar Node:04 Aries 16 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):14 Libra 46
Chiron:20 Aries 05 Rx
Ceres:20 Capricorn 51
Pallas:21 Sagittarius 42
Juno:02 Scorpio 13
Vesta:06 Libra 17
Eris:24 Aries 43 Rx
Earth:3
Air:4
Water:4
Fixed:5
Mutable:6
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