
Moon’s Current Phase
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.
From MoonGiant.com
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 July 2023 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.
Today’s Waning Gibbous Phase
The Waning Gibbous on July 7 has an illumination of 78%. 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 July 7 the Moon is 19.37 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: 78%
Moon Age: 19.37 days
Moon Angle: 0.55
Moon Distance: 364,487.03 km
Sun Angle: 0.52
Sun Distance: 152,096,980.45 km
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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Northern Hemisphere’s Planetary Positions
Northwestern Hemisphere
This local time is in Los Angeles, California, USA
July 07, 2023
11:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM PDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:17 Pisces 56
Mercury:23 Cancer 31
Venus:24 Leo 41
Mars:28 Leo 28
Jupiter:10 Taurus 27
Saturn:06 Pisces 53 Rx
Uranus:21 Taurus 59
Neptune:27 Pisces 40 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 28 Rx
True Lunar Node:00 Taurus 51 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:00 Taurus 15 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):20 Leo 13
Chiron:19 Aries 51
Ceres:04 Libra 31
Pallas:28 Leo 56
Juno:08 Cancer 48
Vesta:06 Gemini 15
Eris:25 Aries 15
Earth:5
Air:2
Water:6
Fixed:8
Mutable:4
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Northern Hemisphere
This local time is in Chicago, Illinois, USA
July 07, 2023
09:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:16 Pisces 44
Mercury:23 Cancer 21
Venus:24 Leo 39
Mars:28 Leo 25
Jupiter:10 Taurus 26
Saturn:06 Pisces 53 Rx
Uranus:21 Taurus 59
Neptune:27 Pisces 40 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 28 Rx
True Lunar Node:00 Taurus 51 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:00 Taurus 15 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):20 Leo 12
Chiron:19 Aries 51
Ceres:04 Libra 30
Pallas:28 Leo 54
Juno:08 Cancer 45
Vesta:06 Gemini 13
Eris:25 Aries 14
Earth:5
Air:2
Water:6
Fixed:8
Mutable:4
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Northeastern Hemisphere
This local time is in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe
7 July 2023
02:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:12 Pisces 31
Mercury:22 Cancer 45
Venus:24 Leo 30
Mars:28 Leo 14
Jupiter:10 Taurus 23
Saturn:06 Pisces 53 Rx
Uranus:21 Taurus 59
Neptune:27 Pisces 40 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 28 Rx
True Lunar Node:00 Taurus 53 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:00 Taurus 16 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):20 Leo 10
Chiron:19 Aries 51
Ceres:04 Libra 24
Pallas:28 Leo 46
Juno:08 Cancer 35
Vesta:06 Gemini 06
Eris:25 Aries 14
Earth:5
Air:2
Water:6
Fixed:8
Mutable:4
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Southern Hemisphere’s Planetary Positions
Southeastern Hemisphere
This local time is in Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America
7 July 2023
07:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM BRT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:15 Pisces 32
Mercury:23 Cancer 11
Venus:24 Leo 36
Mars:28 Leo 22
Jupiter:10 Taurus 25
Saturn:06 Pisces 53 Rx
Uranus:21 Taurus 59
Neptune:27 Pisces 40 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 28 Rx
True Lunar Node:00 Taurus 52 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:00 Taurus 16 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):20 Leo 11
Chiron:19 Aries 51
Ceres:04 Libra 28
Pallas:28 Leo 52
Juno:08 Cancer 42
Vesta:06 Gemini 11
Eris:25 Aries 14
Earth:5
Air:2
Water:6
Fixed:8
Mutable:4
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Southern Hemisphere
This local time is in Cape Town, South Africa
7 July 2023
02:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM SAST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:12 Pisces 31
Mercury:22 Cancer 45
Venus:24 Leo 30
Mars:28 Leo 14
Jupiter:10 Taurus 23
Saturn:06 Pisces 53 Rx
Uranus:21 Taurus 59
Neptune:27 Pisces 40 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 28 Rx
True Lunar Node:00 Taurus 53 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:00 Taurus 16 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):20 Leo 10
Chiron:19 Aries 51
Ceres:04 Libra 24
Pallas:28 Leo 46
Juno:08 Cancer 35
Vesta:06 Gemini 06
Eris:25 Aries 14
Earth:5
Air:2
Water:6
Fixed:8
Mutable:4
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Southwestern Hemisphere
This local time is in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
7 July 2023
06:00 am GMT 4:00 PM AEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:07 Pisces 39
Mercury:22 Cancer 03
Venus:24 Leo 20
Mars:28 Leo 02
Jupiter:10 Taurus 20
Saturn:06 Pisces 54 Rx
Uranus:21 Taurus 58
Neptune:27 Pisces 41 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 29 Rx
True Lunar Node:00 Taurus 54 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:00 Taurus 17 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):20 Leo 08
Chiron:19 Aries 51
Ceres:04 Libra 18
Pallas:28 Leo 37
Juno:08 Cancer 24
Vesta:05 Gemini 58
Eris:25 Aries 14
Earth:5
Air:2
Water:6
Fixed:8
Mutable:4















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