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January 13, 2022 Daily Correspondence Digest for the Northern Hemisphere’s Moon Phase and Planetary Positions

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, you know was on the date the person was born.

From Moongiant.com

The Moon’s current phase for today and tonight is a Waxing Gibbous phase. This phase is when the moon is more than 50% illuminated but not yet a Full Moon. The phase lasts about 7 days with the moon becoming more illuminated each day until the Full Moon. During a Waxing Gibbous the moon rises in the east in mid-afternoon and is high in the eastern sky at sunset. The moon is then visible through most of the night sky setting a few hours before sunrise. The word Gibbous first appeared in the 14th century and has its roots in the Latin word “gibbosus” meaning humpbacked.

Visit the January 2022 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Waxing Gibbous Phase

The Waxing Gibbous on January 13 has an illumination of 83%. 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 January 13 the Moon is 10.74 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

Phase: Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 83%
Moon Age: 10.74 days
Moon Angle: 0.49
Moon Distance: 404,704.33 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,139,664.18 km

Useful Moon Resources

Check the weather before a night of Moon gazing at weather.com

For a list of all the current meteor showers visit American Meteor Society

If you need to calculate the planetary positions for a specific use and time, click on this link

Currentplanetarypositions.com

To figure out GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) to your local time use this link

For Your Local Time and Date

Northwestern Hemisphere

The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Los Angeles, California, USA

January 13, 2022
12:00 am GMT 5:00 PM PST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:22 Capricorn 46
Moon:28 Taurus 28
Mercury:10 Aquarius 08
Venus:16 Capricorn 20 Rx
Mars:21 Sagittarius 40
Jupiter:03 Pisces 00
Saturn:13 Aquarius 15
Uranus:10 Taurus 50 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 55
Pluto:26 Capricorn 20
True Lunar Node:00 Gemini 35
Mean Lunar Node:28 Taurus 54 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):19 Gemini 47
Chiron:08 Aries 42
Ceres:27 Taurus 59 Rx
Pallas:19 Pisces 40
Juno:22 Capricorn 05
Vesta:00 Capricorn 57
Eris:23 Aries 41
Fire:3
Earth:9
Air:4
Water:3
Cardinal:7
Fixed:6
Mutable:6

Northern Hemisphere

The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Chicago, Illinois, USA

January 13, 2022
11:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM CST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:23 Capricorn 44
Moon:09 Gemini 45
Mercury:10 Aquarius 19
Venus:15 Capricorn 47 Rx
Mars:22 Sagittarius 22
Jupiter:03 Pisces 12
Saturn:13 Aquarius 21
Uranus:10 Taurus 50 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 56
Pluto:26 Capricorn 21
True Lunar Node:00 Gemini 34 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:28 Taurus 51 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):19 Gemini 54
Chiron:08 Aries 44
Ceres:27 Taurus 58 Rx
Pallas:19 Pisces 56
Juno:22 Capricorn 27
Vesta:01 Capricorn 28
Eris:23 Aries 41
Fire:3
Earth:8
Air:5
Water:3
Cardinal:7
Fixed:5
Mutable:7

Northeastern Hemisphere For 1700 CEST GMT 1600 Post 1000 CT

The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe

13 January 2022
04:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:23 Capricorn 26
Moon:06 Gemini 19
Mercury:10 Aquarius 16
Venus:15 Capricorn 57 Rx
Mars:22 Sagittarius 09
Jupiter:03 Pisces 08
Saturn:13 Aquarius 19
Uranus:10 Taurus 50 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 56
Pluto:26 Capricorn 21
True Lunar Node:00 Gemini 35 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:28 Taurus 52 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):19 Gemini 52
Chiron:08 Aries 43
Ceres:27 Taurus 58 Rx
Pallas:19 Pisces 51
Juno:22 Capricorn 21
Vesta:01 Capricorn 18
Eris:23 Aries 41
Fire:3
Earth:8
Air:5
Water:3
Cardinal:7
Fixed:5
Mutable:7

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.

2022 January 13

Supernova Remnant Simeis 147

Image Credit & Copyright: Jason Dain

Explanation: It’s easy to get lost following the intricate, looping, twisting filaments in this detailed image of supernova remnant Simeis 147. Also cataloged as Sharpless 2-240 it goes by the popular nickname, the Spaghetti Nebula. Seen toward the boundary of the constellations Taurus and Auriga, it covers nearly 3 degrees or 6 full moons on the sky. That’s about 150 light-years at the stellar debris cloud’s estimated distance of 3,000 light-years. This composite includes image data taken through narrow-band filters where reddish emission from ionized hydrogen atoms and doubly ionized oxygen atoms in faint blue-green hues trace the shocked, glowing gas. The supernova remnant has an estimated age of about 40,000 years, meaning light from the massive stellar explosion first reached Earth 40,000 years ago. But the expanding remnant is not the only aftermath. The cosmic catastrophe also left behind a spinning neutron star or pulsar, all that remains of the original star’s core.

13 January 2022 Daily Correspondence Digest for the Southern Hemisphere’s Moon Phase and Planetary Positions

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, you know was on the date the person was born.

From Moongiant.com

The Moon’s current phase for today and tonight is a Waxing Gibbous phase. This phase is when the moon is more than 50% illuminated but not yet a Full Moon. The phase lasts about 7 days with the moon becoming more illuminated each day until the Full Moon. During a Waxing Gibbous the moon rises in the east in mid-afternoon and is high in the eastern sky at sunset. The moon is then visible through most of the night sky setting a few hours before sunrise. The word Gibbous first appeared in the 14th century and has its roots in the Latin word “gibbosus” meaning humpbacked.

Visit the January 2022 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Waxing Gibbous Phase

The Waxing Gibbous on January 13 has an illumination of 83%. 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 January 13 the Moon is 10.74 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

Phase: Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 83%
Moon Age: 10.74 days
Moon Angle: 0.49
Moon Distance: 404,704.33 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,139,664.18 km

Useful Moon Resources

Check the weather before a night of Moon gazing at weather.com

For a list of all the current meteor showers visit American Meteor Society

If you need to calculate the planetary positions for a specific use and time, click on this link

Currentplanetarypositions.com

To figure out GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) to your local time use this link

 For Your Local Time and Date

Southeastern Hemisphere

The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America

13 January 2022
08:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM BRT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:23 Capricorn 37
Moon:08 Gemini 17
Mercury:10 Aquarius 18
Venus:15 Capricorn 51 Rx
Mars:22 Sagittarius 16
Jupiter:03 Pisces 10
Saturn:13 Aquarius 20
Uranus:10 Taurus 50 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 56
Pluto:26 Capricorn 21
True Lunar Node:00 Gemini 34 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:28 Taurus 51 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):19 Gemini 53
Chiron:08 Aries 43
Ceres:27 Taurus 58 Rx
Pallas:19 Pisces 54
Juno:22 Capricorn 25
Vesta:01 Capricorn 24

Eris:23 Aries 41
Fire:3
Earth:8
Air:5
Water:3
Cardinal:7
Fixed:5
Mutable:7

Southern Hemisphere

The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Cape Town, South Africa

13 January 2022
03:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM SAST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:23 Capricorn 24
Moon:05 Gemini 49
Mercury:10 Aquarius 16
Venus:15 Capricorn 58 Rx
Mars:22 Sagittarius 07
Jupiter:03 Pisces 08
Saturn:13 Aquarius 19
Uranus:10 Taurus 50 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 56
Pluto:26 Capricorn 21
True Lunar Node:00 Gemini 35 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:28 Taurus 52 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):19 Gemini 52
Chiron:08 Aries 43
Ceres:27 Taurus 58 Rx
Pallas:19 Pisces 50
Juno:22 Capricorn 20
Vesta:01 Capricorn 17
Eris:23 Aries 41
Fire:3
Earth:8
Air:5
Water:3
Cardinal:7
Fixed:5
Mutable:7

Southwestern Hemisphere

The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 

13 January 2022
06:00 am GMT 5:00 PM AEDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:23 Capricorn 01
Moon:01 Gemini 25
Mercury:10 Aquarius 12
Venus:16 Capricorn 11 Rx
Mars:21 Sagittarius 51
Jupiter:03 Pisces 03
Saturn:13 Aquarius 16
Uranus:10 Taurus 50 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 55
Pluto:26 Capricorn 20
True Lunar Node:00 Gemini 35 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:28 Taurus 53 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):19 Gemini 49
Chiron:08 Aries 43
Ceres:27 Taurus 58 Rx
Pallas:19 Pisces 44
Juno:22 Capricorn 11
Vesta:01 Capricorn 05
Eris:23 Aries 41
Fire:3
Earth:8
Air:5
Water:3
Cardinal:7
Fixed:5
Mutable:7

January 12, 2022 Daily Correspondence Digest for the Northern Hemisphere’s Moon Phase and Planetary Positions

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, you know was on the date the person was born.

From Moongiant.com

The Moon’s current phase for today and tonight is a Waxing Gibbous phase.  This phase is when the moon is more than 50% illuminated but not yet a Full Moon. The phase lasts about 7 days with the moon becoming more illuminated each day until the Full Moon. During a Waxing Gibbous the moon rises in the east in mid-afternoon and is high in the eastern sky at sunset. The moon is then visible through most of the night sky setting a few hours before sunrise. The word Gibbous first appeared in the 14th century and has its roots in the Latin word “gibbosus” meaning humpbacked.

Visit the January 2022 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Waxing Gibbous Phase

The Waxing Gibbous on January 12 has an illumination of 75%. 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 January 12 the Moon is 9.85 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

Phase: Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 75%
Moon Age: 9.85 days
Moon Angle: 0.49
Moon Distance: 403,001.65 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,132,043.28 km

Useful Moon Resources

Check the weather before a night of Moon gazing at weather.com

For a list of all the current meteor showers visit American Meteor Society

If you need to calculate the planetary positions for a specific use and time, click on this link

Currentplanetarypositions.com

To figure out GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) to your local time use this link

For Your Local Time and Date

Northwestern Hemisphere

The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Los Angeles, California, USA

January 12, 2022
12:00 am GMT 4:00 PM PST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:21 Capricorn 45
Moon:16 Taurus 38
Mercury:09 Aquarius 46
Venus:16 Capricorn 55 Rx
Mars:20 Sagittarius 57
Jupiter:02 Pisces 47
Saturn:13 Aquarius 08
Uranus:10 Taurus 50 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 53
Pluto:26 Capricorn 18
True Lunar Node:00 Gemini 34
Mean Lunar Node:28 Taurus 57 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):19 Gemini 41
Chiron:08 Aries 41
Ceres:28 Taurus 00 Rx
Pallas:19 Pisces 23
Juno:21 Capricorn 41
Vesta:00 Capricorn 25
Eris:23 Aries 41
Fire:3
Earth:9
Air:4
Water:3
Cardinal:7
Fixed:6
Mutable:6

Northern Hemisphere

The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Chicago, Illinois, USA

January 12, 2022
11:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM CST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:22 Capricorn 43
Moon:27 Taurus 58
Mercury:10 Aquarius 07
Venus:16 Capricorn 21 Rx
Mars:21 Sagittarius 39
Jupiter:02 Pisces 59
Saturn:13 Aquarius 14
Uranus:10 Taurus 50 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 55
Pluto:26 Capricorn 20
True Lunar Node:00 Gemini 35
Mean Lunar Node:28 Taurus 54 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):19 Gemini 47
Chiron:08 Aries 42
Ceres:27 Taurus 59 Rx
Pallas:19 Pisces 39
Juno:22 Capricorn 04
Vesta:00 Capricorn 56
Eris:23 Aries 41
Fire:3
Earth:9
Air:4
Water:3
Cardinal:7
Fixed:6
Mutable:6

Northeastern Hemisphere For 1700 CEST GMT 1600 Post 1000 CT

The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe

12 January 2022
04:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:22 Capricorn 25
Moon:24 Taurus 32
Mercury:10 Aquarius 02
Venus:16 Capricorn 32 Rx
Mars:21 Sagittarius 26
Jupiter:02 Pisces 55
Saturn:13 Aquarius 12
Uranus:10 Taurus 50 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 54
Pluto:26 Capricorn 19
True Lunar Node:00 Gemini 35
Mean Lunar Node:28 Taurus 55 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):19 Gemini 45
Chiron:08 Aries 42
Ceres:27 Taurus 59 Rx
Pallas:19 Pisces 34
Juno:21 Capricorn 57
Vesta:00 Capricorn 46
Eris:23 Aries 41
Fire:3
Earth:9
Air:4
Water:3
Cardinal:7
Fixed:6
Mutable:6

January 12 Today in History

Today’s Important Historical Events

1528 Gustav I of Sweden crowned King of Sweden, rules for 37 years and becomes known as the “father of the nation”

1554 Bayinnaung crowned King of Burma, goes on to assemble the largest empire in the history of Southeast Asia

1872 Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, 1st imperial coronation in Axum in over 200 years

1948 Mahatma Gandhi begins his final fast

2010 Earthquake Devastates Haiti, killing approximately 160,000 and destroying the majority of the capital Port-au-Prince

Today’s Historical Events

475 Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople.

1493 Last day for all Jews to leave Sicily

1528 Gustav I of Sweden crowned King of Sweden, rules for 37 years and becomes known as the “father of the nation”

1552 Dutch west coast hit by heavy storm, hundreds killed

1554 Bayinnaung crowned King of Burma, goes on to assemble the largest empire in the history of Southeast Asia

1583 Holland begins use of Gregorian calendar (yesterday was 1/1/1583)

1598 Pope Clement VIII seizes duchy of Ferrara on death of Alfonso

1616 Brazilian city Belem (the entrance gate to the Amazon) founded by Captain Major Francisco Branco

Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV

1949 “Arthur Godfrey & his Friends” premieres on CBS TV

1959 KOED TV channel 11 in Tulsa, OK (PBS) begins broadcasting

1965 “Hullabaloo” premieres on NBC-TV

1966 “Batman”, starring Adam West as Batman, Burt Ward as Robin, and Cesar Romero as The Joker, debuts on ABC

1967 NBC premiers the colorized remake of “Dragnet”

1968 Nighttime version of “Hollywood Squares” premieres on NBC TV

1971 “All in the Family” premieres on CBS featuring 1st toilet flush on TV

1979 6th American Music Awards: Barry Manilow, Linda Ronstadt win

Today’s Historical Events in Music

1723 George Frideric Handel‘s opera “Ottone” premieres at the King’s Theatre London

1946 “Polonaise” closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 113 performances

1959 American record company Motown is founded by Berry Gordy Jr. as Tamla Records

1961 “Show Girl” opens at Eugene O’Neill Theater NYC for 100 performances

1963 “Go Away Little Girl” by Steve Lawrence peaks at #1

1968 Beatles Film Production Ltd changes name to Apple Film Production Ltd

1969 “Golden Rainbow” closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 355 performances

1969 Atlantic Records releases eponymous debut album of Led Zeppelin in US

Today’s Historical Events in Sports

1918 Montreal Canadien’s center Joe Malone scores 5 goals in a 9-4 win over Ottawa to become the first 20 goal scorer in NHL history; goes on to score 44 regular season goals

1920 Annual drafting of baseball players from minor leagues to be done in inverse order of the final standings, agreed to

1946 NFL champs Cleveland Rams given permission to move to LA

1951 Ezzard Charles TKOs Lee Oma in 10 for heavyweight boxing title

1952 2nd NFL Pro Bowl, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum: National Conference beats American Conference, 30-13; MVP: Dan Towler, LA Rams, FB

1958 NCAA adds 2 point conversion to football scoring

1958 8th NFL Pro Bowl, LA Memorial Coliseum: Western Conference beats Eastern Conference, 26-7; MVPs: Hugh McElhenny, SF 49ers, HB; Gene Brito, Washington Redskins, DE

1958 Syracuse National Dolph Schayes sets NBA record at 11,770 points

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.

2022 January 12

Comet Leonard Closeup from Australia

Image Credit & Copyright: Blake Estes (itelescope.net)

Explanation: What does Comet Leonard look like up close? Although we can’t go there, imaging the comet’s coma and inner tails through a small telescope gives us a good idea. As the name implies, the ion tail is made of ionized gas — gas energized by ultraviolet light from the Sun and pushed outward by the solar wind. The solar wind is quite structured and sculpted by the Sun’s complex and ever changing magnetic field. The effect of the variable solar wind combined with different gas jets venting from the comet’s nucleus accounts for the tail’s complex structure. Following the wind, structure in Comet Leonard’s tail can be seen to move outward from the Sun even alter its wavy appearance over time. The blue color of the ion tail is dominated by recombining carbon monoxide molecules, while the green color of the coma surrounding the head of the comet is created mostly by a slight amount of recombining diatomic carbon molecules. Diatomic carbon is destroyed by sunlight in about 50 hours — which is why its green glow does not make it far into the ion tail. The featured imagae was taken on January 2 from Siding Spring Observatory in Australia. Comet Leonard, presently best viewed from Earth’s Southern Hemisphere, has rounded the Sun and is now headed out of the Solar System.

January 11, 2022 Daily Correspondence Digest for the Northern Hemisphere’s Moon Phase and Planetary Positions

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, you know was on the date the person was born.

From Moongiant.com

The Moon’s current phase for today and tonight is a Waxing Gibbous phase. This phase is when the moon is more than 50% illuminated but not yet a Full Moon. The phase lasts about 7 days with the moon becoming more illuminated each day until the Full Moon. During a Waxing Gibbous the moon rises in the east in mid-afternoon and is high in the eastern sky at sunset. The moon is then visible through most of the night sky setting a few hours before sunrise. The word Gibbous first appeared in the 14th century and has its roots in the Latin word “gibbosus” meaning humpbacked.

Visit the January 2022 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Waxing Gibbous Phase

The Waxing Gibbous on January 11 has an illumination of 66%. 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 January 11 the Moon is 8.96 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

Phase: Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 66%
Moon Age: 8.96 days
Moon Angle: 0.50
Moon Distance: 400,400.77 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,125,176.58 km

Useful Moon Resources

Check the weather before a night of Moon gazing at weather.com

For a list of all the current meteor showers visit American Meteor Society

If you need to calculate the planetary positions for a specific use and time, click on this link

Currentplanetarypositions.com

To figure out GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) to your local time use this link

For Your Local Time and Date

Northwestern Hemisphere

The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Los Angeles, California, USA

January 11, 2022
12:00 am GMT 4:00 PM PST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:20 Capricorn 43
Moon:04 Taurus 39
Mercury:09 Aquarius 15
Venus:17 Capricorn 31 Rx
Mars:20 Sagittarius 14
Jupiter:02 Pisces 34
Saturn:13 Aquarius 01
Uranus:10 Taurus 51 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 52
Pluto:26 Capricorn 16
True Lunar Node:00 Gemini 33
Mean Lunar Node:29 Taurus 00 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):19 Gemini 34
Chiron:08 Aries 40
Ceres:28 Taurus 01 Rx
Pallas:19 Pisces 06
Juno:21 Capricorn 18
Vesta:29 Sagittarius 53
Eris:23 Aries 41 Rx
Fire:4
Earth:8
Air:4
Water:3
Cardinal:6
Fixed:6
Mutable:7

Northern Hemisphere For 1700 CST GMT 2300 Post 1600 CT

The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Chicago, Illinois, USA

January 11, 2022
11:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM CST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:21 Capricorn 42
Moon:16 Taurus 08
Mercury:09 Aquarius 45
Venus:16 Capricorn 57 Rx
Mars:20 Sagittarius 56
Jupiter:02 Pisces 46
Saturn:13 Aquarius 07
Uranus:10 Taurus 50 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 53
Pluto:26 Capricorn 18
True Lunar Node:00 Gemini 34
Mean Lunar Node:28 Taurus 57 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):19 Gemini 41
Chiron:08 Aries 41
Ceres:28 Taurus 00 Rx
Pallas:19 Pisces 22
Juno:21 Capricorn 40
Vesta:00 Capricorn 24
Eris:23 Aries 41
Fire:3
Earth:9
Air:4
Water:3
Cardinal:7
Fixed:6
Mutable:6

Northeastern Hemisphere

The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe

11 January 2022
04:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:21 Capricorn 24
Moon:12 Taurus 39
Mercury:09 Aquarius 37
Venus:17 Capricorn 07 Rx
Mars:20 Sagittarius 43
Jupiter:02 Pisces 43
Saturn:13 Aquarius 05
Uranus:10 Taurus 50 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 53
Pluto:26 Capricorn 17
True Lunar Node:00 Gemini 33
Mean Lunar Node:28 Taurus 58 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):19 Gemini 39
Chiron:08 Aries 41
Ceres:28 Taurus 00 Rx
Pallas:19 Pisces 17
Juno:21 Capricorn 33
Vesta:00 Capricorn 14
Eris:23 Aries 41
Fire:3
Earth:9
Air:4
Water:3
Cardinal:7
Fixed:6
Mutable:6

Printable Simple Full Moon Ritual

11 January 2022 Daily Correspondence Digest for the Southern Hemisphere’s Moon Phase and Planetary Positions

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, you know was on the date the person was born.

From Moongiant.com

The Moon’s current phase for today and tonight is a Waxing Gibbous phase. This phase is when the moon is more than 50% illuminated but not yet a Full Moon. The phase lasts about 7 days with the moon becoming more illuminated each day until the Full Moon. During a Waxing Gibbous the moon rises in the east in mid-afternoon and is high in the eastern sky at sunset. The moon is then visible through most of the night sky setting a few hours before sunrise. The word Gibbous first appeared in the 14th century and has its roots in the Latin word “gibbosus” meaning humpbacked.

Visit the January 2022 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Waxing Gibbous Phase

The Waxing Gibbous on January 11 has an illumination of 66%. 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 January 11 the Moon is 8.96 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

Phase: Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 66%
Moon Age: 8.96 days
Moon Angle: 0.50
Moon Distance: 400,400.77 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,125,176.58 km

Useful Moon Resources

Check the weather before a night of Moon gazing at weather.com

For a list of all the current meteor showers visit American Meteor Society

If you need to calculate the planetary positions for a specific use and time, click on this link 

Currentplanetarypositions.com

To figure out GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) to your local time use this link 

 For Your Local Time and Date

Southeastern Hemisphere

‘The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America

11 January 2022
08:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM BRT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:21 Capricorn 34
Moon:14 Taurus 39
Mercury:09 Aquarius 42
Venus:17 Capricorn 01 Rx
Mars:20 Sagittarius 50
Jupiter:02 Pisces 45
Saturn:13 Aquarius 07
Uranus:10 Taurus 50 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 53
Pluto:26 Capricorn 17
True Lunar Node:00 Gemini 34
Mean Lunar Node:28 Taurus 57 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):19 Gemini 40
Chiron:08 Aries 41
Ceres:28 Taurus 00 Rx
Pallas:19 Pisces 20
Juno:21 Capricorn 37
Vesta:00 Capricorn 20
Eris:23 Aries 41
Fire:3
Earth:9
Air:4
Water:3
Cardinal:7
Fixed:6
Mutable:6

Southern Hemisphere

The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Cape Town, South Africa

11 January 2022
03:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM SAST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:21 Capricorn 22
Moon:12 Taurus 10
Mercury:09 Aquarius 36
Venus:17 Capricorn 09 Rx
Mars:20 Sagittarius 41
Jupiter:02 Pisces 42
Saturn:13 Aquarius 05
Uranus:10 Taurus 50 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 53
Pluto:26 Capricorn 17
True Lunar Node:00 Gemini 33
Mean Lunar Node:28 Taurus 58 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):19 Gemini 38
Chiron:08 Aries 41
Ceres:28 Taurus 00 Rx
Pallas:19 Pisces 16
Juno:21 Capricorn 32
Vesta:00 Capricorn 13
Eris:23 Aries 41
Fire:3
Earth:9
Air:4
Water:3
Cardinal:7
Fixed:6
Mutable:6

Southwestern Hemisphere

The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 

11 January 2022
06:00 am GMT 5:00 PM AEDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:20 Capricorn 59
Moon:07 Taurus 40
Mercury:09 Aquarius 24
Venus:17 Capricorn 22 Rx
Mars:20 Sagittarius 25
Jupiter:02 Pisces 38
Saturn:13 Aquarius 03
Uranus:10 Taurus 51 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 52
Pluto:26 Capricorn 16
True Lunar Node:00 Gemini 33
Mean Lunar Node:28 Taurus 59 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):19 Gemini 36
Chiron:08 Aries 40
Ceres:28 Taurus 01 Rx
Pallas:19 Pisces 10
Juno:21 Capricorn 23
Vesta:00 Capricorn 01
Eris:23 Aries 41
Fire:3
Earth:9
Air:4
Water:3
Cardinal:7
Fixed:6
Mutable:6

Witchcraft Correspondences: What They Are and Why You Need Them for Your Spells

Born in deepest Cornwall, now living in wild Wales, Bev has been practising her personal brand of eclectic witchcraft for years and years.

Sarah is preparing a love spell for herself. The dating scene has been a bit of a desert recently, and she wants a little romance in her life. She’s dusted her altar, cleared her working area, and had a scented bath. Now, she carefully lays out a small collection of objects: a pink candle, a rose bud in a glass of water, two tarot cards (the Ace and Knight of Cups), a photo of a turtle dove, and a rose quartz crystal.

A few streets along, Tanya is also preparing to cast a spell. She needs money to get her car repaired. She has also prepared herself and the room where she does her energy work. Her collection of objects include a green candle, a favorite pebble, a sprig of oak leaves, a small china toad, two tarot cards (Ace and Six of Pentacles), and a chunk of malachite.

These items are commonly called ‘correspondences’.

What Are Correspondences in Witchcraft?

Correspondences are objects that are connected to, and representative of other things, intentions, desires and outcomes. They can be such things as candles, crystals, jewelry, household objects, ornaments, plants, herbs, and images of anything. As well as tangible objects, they can be deities, angels, scents, colors, symbols, numbers, and words. Even your own visualizations can be termed correspondences because they are an abstract mirroring of your desire. All spell ‘ingredients’ are correspondences. The elements of earth, air, fire, and water are correspondences. So are the cardinal directions. Each of these has its own distinct kind of energy.

Their purpose is to create a matrix to help focus the mind and magnify the energy which you release into the ether.

Common Correspondences

The following correspondences have mostly been taken from the comprehensive and very big, Llewellyn’s Complete Book of Correspondences: A Comprehensive & Cross-Referenced Resource for Pagans & Wiccans by Sandra Kines. Its 450 pages contain a vast amount of correspondences for many situations and their potential magical workings/spells. The Kindle version has a really useful click-able index which makes the most of the cross-referencing. The lists below are just a tiny sample.

Beauty

  • Zodiac sign/s – Libra and Sagittarius
  • Switchword – Praise
  • Colors – Gold, green, peach, pink
  • Number – Three
  • Tarot cards – Empress, Nine of …

Click here to read the rest of this article about Witchcraft Correspondences: What They Are and Why You Need Them for Your Spells

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.

2022 January 10

Comet Leonard’s Tail Wag

Comet Leonard’s Tail Wag

Image Credit: NASA, NRL, STEREO-A; Processing: B. Gallagher

Explanation: Why does Comet Leonard’s tail wag? The featured time-lapse video shows the ion tail of Comet C/2021 A1 (Leonard) as it changed over ten days early last month. The video was taken by NASA’s Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory-Ahead (STEREO-A) spacecraft that co-orbits the Sun at roughly the same distance as the Earth. Each image in this 29-degree field was subtracted from following image to create frames that highlight differences. The video clearly shows Comet Leonard’s long ion tail extending, wagging, and otherwise being blown around by the solar wind — a stream of fast-moving ions that stream out from the Sun. Since the video was taken, Comet Leonard continued plunging toward the Sun, reached its closest approach to the Sun between the orbits of Mercury and Venus, survived this closest approach without breaking apart, and is now fading as heads out of our Solar System.

 

Tuesday over Zoom: APOD editor to present the Best APOD Space Images of 2021

Understanding Spells……….Printable

Just A Thought On Remembering Our Ancestors

 

I feel it is important to remember Lady Abyss during a Samhain celebrations, so I bring you an article she wrote in 2013.

I wasn’t going to torture you today with any of my comments. But I have been surfing the web for cartoons (it is actually hard to find good cartoons). I am beginning to think I should never leave the site. I ran across a few images that made my eyes water and then I was taken back centuries ago.

The images were of witches or accused witches tied to a stake and burning. Another was of a woman on a plank being dunked into the water. If you know me well, you know I can talk an hour or two on our ancestors. But what happened today moved my soul. Perhaps in all the hustle and bustle, I had forgotten for a moment what this season is all about. It is the Witches’ New Year but it is also a time to remember our ancestors.

For me, remembering my ancestors is both joyous and heartbreaking. I am into genealogy and was able (thanks to a dear friend) to trace my roots back to Ireland. Knowing where you came from can be a good thing or if your a witch, not so good. I know you are scratching your heads over that one, right? What I mean is, I know how witches were treated in Ireland. Persecuted. Then they sailed to the New World to escape the torment and the persecution. But unfortunately, they didn’t. They were found out and the same thing they were trying to escape confronted them again. No peace whatsoever. What kind of life did they have?

Most of my ancestors were healers. I have ran across a few that were hanged as witches. That makes my blood curdle. Their blood flows through my veins today. I know that for sure. There are times I have flash backs to my ancestors’ time. To see and experience one of your kin being hanged is one of the worse things in your life. You can see it plainly but you are powerless to do anything about it. When the flashback is over, I cry and cry. Why were people so ignorant and judgmental back then? Why couldn’t they just let the witches live in peace?

Perhaps if history didn’t happen the way it did, we wouldn’t have what we do now. Perhaps it was a test of some kind for our ancestors. I know they had to have unbelievable faith, courage and enormous amount of love for our Religion and our Goddess.

One of the reasons I can talk about our ancestors for hours is because I admire them so much. I know what they sacrificed for us. When accused of being a witch, they could have simply turned their backs and denied it. But they didn’t. I know they didn’t want to die anymore than the next person. But sadly enough they did. Some were killed and others went underground to protect our Religion. To ensure it would be passed on from one generation to the next. Everyone of them took risks so we could have what we do today.

This time of the year is very special to all of us. Don’t get caught up in all the festivities and forget what it is really about, remembering our ancestors. We owe them so much. And we never can repay the debt we owe them. But we can remember them. I believe remembering and honoring is the greatest way we can say “Thank You” to them for all they have given us.

Without our ancestors and their sacrifices, we wouldn’t have our Religion. This Samhain, hold the memories of your ancestors dear to your heart. Remember them and give them the honors they deserve. They have given us so much.

In the honor and remembrance of all
our ancestors.
Thank the Goddess for them.
 

June 30, 2022 Current Moon Phase Digest

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 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 June 2022 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Waxing Crescent Phase

The Waxing Crescent on June 30 has an illumination of 2%. 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 June 30 the Moon is 1.25 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

Phase: Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 2%
Moon Age: 1.25 days
Moon Angle: 0.49
Moon Distance: 404,730.90 km
Sun Angle: 0.52
Sun Distance: 152,093,439.29 km

Useful Moon Resources

Check the weather before a night of Moon gazing at weather.com

For a list of all the current meteor showers visit American Meteor Society