The Moon today is in a Waning Crescent phase. In this phase the Moon’s illumination is growing smaller each day until the New Moon. During this phase 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. This phase is best viewed an hour or 2 before the sunrise and can be quite beautiful if you’re willing to get up early. 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.
PHASE DETAILS FOR – WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2018
Phase: Waning Crescent
Illumination: 12%
Moon Age: 26.15 days
Moon Angle: 0.55
Moon Distance: 365,015.51 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 151,676,195.38 km
The Moon today is in a Waning Crescent phase. In this phase the Moon’s illumination is growing smaller each day until the New Moon. During this phase 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. This phase is best viewed an hour or 2 before the sunrise and can be quite beautiful if you’re willing to get up early. 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.
PHASE DETAILS FOR – TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 2018
Phase: Waning Crescent
Illumination: 21%
Moon Age: 25.03 days
Moon Angle: 0.54
Moon Distance: 367,566.36 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 151,699,514.46 km
The Witches Current Moon Phase for August 1, Lammas
Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 81%
The Moon today is in a Waning Gibbous Phase. 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 a illumination of 50%. The average Moon rise for this phase is between 9am and Midnight depending on the age of the phase. The moon rises later and later each night setting after sunrise in the morning. During this phase the Moon can also be seen in the early morning daylight hours on the western horizon.
PHASE DETAILS FOR – WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2018
Phase: Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 81%
Moon Age: 18.99 days
Moon Angle: 0.51
Moon Distance: 393,851.04 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 151,826,448.13 km
The Witches Current Moon Phase for Tuesday, July 24th
Waxing Gibbous Illumination: 90%
The Moon today is in a Waxing Gibbous phase. This phase is when the moon is more than 50% illuminated but not yet a Full Moon. The phase lasts round 7 days with the moon becoming more illuminated each day until the Full Moon. During a Waxing Gibbous the moon will rise in the east in mid-afternoon and will be high in the eastern sky at sunset. The moon is then visible though most of the night sky setting a few hour before sunrise. The word Gibbous first appeared in the 14th century and has its roots in the Latin word “gibbosus” meaning humpbacked.
PHASE DETAILS FOR – TUESDAY, JULY 24, 2018
Phase: Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 90%
Moon Age: 11.76 days
Moon Angle: 0.50
Moon Distance: 401,813.47 km
Sun Angle: 0.52
Sun Distance: 151,959,558.24 km
The Witches Current Moon Phase for Monday, July 23
Waxing Gibbous Illumination: 84%
The Moon today is in a Waxing Gibbous phase. This phase is when the moon is more than 50% illuminated but not yet a Full Moon. The phase lasts round 7 days with the moon becoming more illuminated each day until the Full Moon. During a Waxing Gibbous the moon will rise in the east in mid-afternoon and will be high in the eastern sky at sunset. The moon is then visible though most of the night sky setting a few hour before sunrise. The word Gibbous first appeared in the 14th century and has its roots in the Latin word “gibbosus” meaning humpbacked.
PHASE DETAILS FOR – MONDAY, JULY 23, 2018
Phase: Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 84%
Moon Age: 10.86 days
Moon Angle: 0.50
Moon Distance: 398,851.01 km
Sun Angle: 0.52
Sun Distance: 151,973,187.29 km
The Moon today is in a Waxing Crescent Phase. A Waxing Crescent is the first Phase after the New Moon and is a great time to see the features of the moon’s surface. During this phase the Moon can be seen in the wester sky after the sun dips below the horizon at sunset. 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.
PHASE DETAILS FOR – TUESDAY, JULY 17, 2018
Phase: Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 26%
Moon Age: 4.99 days
Moon Angle: 0.54
Moon Distance: 372,189.54 km
Sun Angle: 0.52
Sun Distance: 152,040,522.01 km
The Moon today is in a Waning Crescent phase. In this phase the Moon’s illumination is growing smaller each day until the New Moon. During this phase 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. This phase is best viewed an hour or 2 before the sunrise and can be quite beautiful if you’re willing to get up early. 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.
PHASE DETAILS FOR – THURSDAY, JULY 12, 2018
Phase: Waning Crescent
Illumination: 1%
Moon Age: 28.80 days
Moon Angle: 0.55
Moon Distance: 364,003.98 km
Sun Angle: 0.52
Sun Distance: 152,077,414.53 km
The Witches Current Moon Phase for Wednesday, July 11
Waning Crescent Illumination: 4%
The Moon today is in a Waning Crescent phase. In this phase the Moon’s illumination is growing smaller each day until the New Moon. During this phase 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. This phase is best viewed an hour or 2 before the sunrise and can be quite beautiful if you’re willing to get up early. 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.
PHASE DETAILS FOR – WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 2018
Phase: Waning Crescent
Illumination: 4%
Moon Age: 27.64 days
Moon Angle: 0.54
Moon Distance: 365,913.54 km
Sun Angle: 0.52
Sun Distance: 152,082,669.78 km
The Witches Current Moon Phase for Tuesday, July 10th
Waning Crescent Illumination: 10%
Tommorow the Moon will be in a Waning Crescent phase. In this phase the Moon’s illumination is growing smaller each day until the New Moon. During this phase 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. This phase is best viewed an hour or 2 before the sunrise and can be quite beautiful if you’re willing to get up early. 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.
PHASE DETAILS FOR – TUESDAY, JULY 10, 2018
Phase: Waning Crescent
Illumination: 10%
Moon Age: 26.50 days
Moon Angle: 0.54
Moon Distance: 368,899.42 km
Sun Angle: 0.52
Sun Distance: 152,087,213.56 km
Rhe Moon today is in a Waning Gibbous Phase. 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 a illumination of 50%. The average Moon rise for this phase is between 9am and Midnight depending on the age of the phase. The moon rises later and later each night setting after sunrise in the morning. During this phase the Moon can also be seen in the early morning daylight hours on the western horizon.
PHASE DETAILS FOR – TUESDAY, JULY 3, 2018
Phase: Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 77%
Moon Age: 19.51 days
Moon Angle: 0.50
Moon Distance: 399,454.65 km
Sun Angle: 0.52
Sun Distance: 152,099,020.56 km
The Moon today is in a Waning Gibbous Phase. 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 a illumination of 50%. The average Moon rise for this phase is between 9am and Midnight depending on the age of the phase. The moon rises later and later each night setting after sunrise in the morning. During this phase the Moon can also be seen in the early morning daylight hours on the western horizon.
PHASE DETAILS FOR – SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 2018
Phase: Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 95%
Moon Age: 16.82 days
Moon Angle: 0.49
Moon Distance: 405,319.69 km
Sun Angle: 0.52
Sun Distance: 152,093,347.17 km
The Witches Current Moon Phase for Sunday, June 24
Waxing Gibbous Illumination: 87%
The Moon today is in a Waxing Gibbous phase. This phase is when the moon is more than 50% illuminated but not yet a Full Moon. The phase lasts round 7 days with the moon becoming more illuminated each day until the Full Moon. During a Waxing Gibbous the moon will rise in the east in mid-afternoon and will be high in the eastern sky at sunset. The moon is then visible though most of the night sky setting a few hour before sunrise. The word Gibbous first appeared in the 14th century and has its roots in the Latin word “gibbous” meaning humpbacked.
PHASE DETAILS FOR – SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 2018
Phase: Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 87%
Moon Age: 11.36 days
Moon Angle: 0.51
Moon Distance: 393,004.86 km
Sun Angle: 0.52
Sun Distance: 152,062,745.97 km
The Moon today is in a Waning Crescent phase. In this phase the Moon’s illumination is growing smaller each day until the New Moon. During this phase 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. This phase is best viewed an hour or 2 before the sunrise and can be quite beautiful if you’re willing to get up early. 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.
PHASE DETAILS FOR – FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 2018
Phase: Waning Crescent
Illumination: 33%
Moon Age: 23.80 days
Moon Angle: 0.51
Moon Distance: 388,937.57 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 151,858,536.25 km
This intermediate Moon phase is the last phase of the lunar month. It starts just after the Third Quarter Moon and lasts until the following New Moon.
49.9% to 0.1% Illuminated
During the Waning Crescent Moon phase, the illuminated part of the Moon decreases from the lit up semicircle at Third Quarter until it disappears from view entirely at New Moon.
Waning means that it is getting smaller while crescent refers to the curved shape similar to a banana or a boat.
With some variations, the Waning Crescent Moon rises after midnight and is still up and visible in the morning and day sky before it sets in the afternoon.
Sun Lights Up the Moon
The Moon does not radiate its own light, but the Moon’s surface reflects the Sun’s rays. Half of the Moon’s surface is always illuminated by sunlight. Just how much of that light we can see from Earth varies every day, and we refer to this as a Moon phase.
Repeating Cycle
In Western culture, we divide the lunar month into 4 primary and 4 intermediate Moon phases.
The Moon phases start with the invisible New Moon, while the first visible phase is the thin sliver of a Waxing Crescent Moon. Around a week later, half of the Moon’s surface is illuminated while the other half is in darkness at First Quarter Moon.
The illuminated part continues to grow into a Waxing Gibbous Moon, until 14–15 days into the cycle, we see the entire face of the Moon lit up at Full Moon.
The illuminated part then gradually shrinks into a Waning Gibbous Moon, and when it reaches Third Quarter, the opposite half from the First Quarter is illuminated. From there, it fades into the Waning Crescent Moon before it finally disappears from view again, only to reemerge and repeat this cycle over and over.
Earthshine
Although only a small part of the Moon is directly illuminated by the Sun at the end of the Waning Crescent Moon phase, the rest of the Moon is sometimes also faintly visible. This is because Earth also reflects sunlight as a dull glow onto the Moon, a phenomenon called earthshine.
Same Phase Looks Different
The Moon phases are the same all over the world, both in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. The same percentage of the Moon will be illuminated no matter where on Earth you are.
However, whether the Waning Crescent Moon looks like a banana, a boat, or even an umbrella, depends on the time, the date, your location and the Moon’s position in the sky. Exactly which part of the Moon is lit up–the top, bottom, or the side–also depends on how high the Moon is in the sky.
The line–or curve–dividing the illuminated and dark parts of the Moon is called the terminator. The terminator of a Waning Crescent Moon can appear on the right side, the left, the top or the bottom.
The Moon today is in a Waning Gibbous Phase. 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 a illumination of 50%. The average Moon rise for this phase is between 9am and Midnight depending on the age of the phase. The moon rises later and later each night setting after sunrise in the morning. During this phase the Moon can also be seen in the early morning daylight hours on the western horizon.
PHASE DETAILS FOR – TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 2018
Phase: Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 62%
Moon Age: 20.99 days
Moon Angle: 0.50
Moon Distance: 400,851.32 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 151,801,175.17 km
The Moon today is in a Waning Crescent phase. In this phase the Moon’s illumination is growing smaller each day until the New Moon. During this phase 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. This phase is best viewed an hour or 2 before the sunrise and can be quite beautiful if you’re willing to get up early. 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.
PHASE DETAILS FOR – MONDAY, MAY 14, 2018
Phase: Waning Crescent
Illumination: 1%
Moon Age: 28.43 days
Moon Angle: 0.53
Moon Distance: 376,250.67 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 151,216,844.67 km
The Moon today is in a Waning Crescent phase. In this phase the Moon’s illumination is growing smaller each day until the New Moon. During this phase 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. This phase is best viewed an hour or 2 before the sunrise and can be quite beautiful if you’re willing to get up early. 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.
PHASE DETAILS FOR – WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 2018
Phase: Waning Crescent
Illumination: 36%
Moon Age: 23.43 days
Moon Angle: 0.50
Moon Distance: 398,935.92 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 151,048,833.07 km
The Moon today is in a Waxing Crescent Phase. A Waxing Crescent is the first Phase after the New Moon and is a great time to see the features of the moon’s surface. During this phase the Moon can be seen in the wester sky after the sun dips below the horizon at sunset. 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.
PHASE DETAILS FOR – TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 2018
Phase: Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 3%
Moon Age: 1.51 days
Moon Angle: 0.53
Moon Distance: 373,737.94 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 150,199,687.87 km
The Moon today is in a Waxing Gibbous phase. This phase is when the moon is more than 50% illuminated but not yet a Full Moon. The phase lasts round 7 days with the moon becoming more illuminated each day until the Full Moon. During a Waxing Gibbous the moon will rise in the east in mid-afternoon and will be high in the eastern sky at sunset. The moon is then visible though most of the night sky setting a few hour before sunrise. The word Gibbous first appeared in the 14th century and has it’s roots in the Latin word “gibbosus” meaning humpbacked.
PHASE DETAILS FOR – MONDAY, MARCH 26, 2018
Phase: Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 71%
Moon Age: 9.38 days
Moon Angle: 0.55
Moon Distance: 363,939.24 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 149,260,982.63 km
The Moon today is in a Waning Crescent phase. In this phase the Moon’s illumination is growing smaller each day until the New Moon. During this phase 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. This phase is best viewed an hour or 2 before the sunrise and can be quite beautiful if you’re willing to get up early. 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.
PHASE DETAILS FOR – FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2018
Phase: Waning Crescent
Illumination: 1%
Moon Age: 28.51 days
Moon Angle: 0.51
Moon Distance: 394,350.88 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 148,840,249.24 km
The Witches Current Moon Phase for Tuesday, March 6th
Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 78%
The Moon today is in a Waning Gibbous Phase. 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 a illumination of 50%. The average Moon rise for this phase is between 9am and Midnight depending on the age of the phase. The moon rises later and later each night setting after sunrise in the morning. During this phase the Moon can also be seen in the early morning daylight hours on the western horizon.
PHASE DETAILS FOR – TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 2018
Phase: Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 78%
Moon Age: 19.39 days
Moon Angle: 0.51
Moon Distance: 393,547.01 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 148,441,006.15 km
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