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From Moongiant.com
The Moon’s current phase for today and tonight is 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.
Visit the October 2021 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.
Today’s Waxing Crescent Phase
The Waxing Crescent on October 10 has an illumination of 21%. 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 10 the Moon is 4.52 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.
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
Phase Details
Illumination: 21%
Moon Age: 4.52 days
Moon Angle: 0.55
Moon Distance: 363,321.90 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 149,347,080.41 km
Useful Moon Resources
Check the weather before a night of Moon gazing at weather.com
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For Your Local Time and Date
Northeastern Hemisphere
The time for the Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe
10 October 2021
02:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CET
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:13 Sagittarius 42
Mercury:15 Libra 32 Rx
Venus:03 Sagittarius 24
Mars:16 Libra 41
Jupiter:22 Aquarius 26 Rx
Saturn:06 Aquarius 53 Rx
Uranus:13 Taurus 47 Rx
Neptune:21 Pisces 06 Rx
Pluto:24 Capricorn 19
True Lunar Node:02 Gemini 33
Mean Lunar Node:03 Gemini 54 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):09 Gemini 20
Chiron:10 Aries 20 Rx
Ceres:12 Gemini 08 Rx
Pallas:11 Pisces 39 Rx
Juno:19 Sagittarius 02
Vesta:10 Scorpio 17
Eris:24 Aries 18 Rx
Earth:2
Air:9
Water:3
Fixed:4
Mutable:9
Northwestern Hemisphere
The time for the Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Chicago, Illinois, USA
October 10, 2021
09:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:17 Sagittarius 55
Mercury:15 Libra 12 Rx
Venus:03 Sagittarius 43
Mars:16 Libra 53
Jupiter:22 Aquarius 25 Rx
Saturn:06 Aquarius 53 Rx
Uranus:13 Taurus 46 Rx
Neptune:21 Pisces 05 Rx
Pluto:24 Capricorn 19
True Lunar Node:02 Gemini 33
Mean Lunar Node:03 Gemini 53 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):09 Gemini 22
Chiron:10 Aries 20 Rx
Ceres:12 Gemini 08 Rx
Pallas:11 Pisces 36 Rx
Juno:19 Sagittarius 06
Vesta:10 Scorpio 26
Eris:24 Aries 18 Rx
Earth:2
Air:9
Water:3
Fixed:4
Mutable:9
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