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.
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The Moon’s current phase for today and tonight is a Waxing Gibbous phase. Visible through most of the night sky setting a few hours before sunrise. 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 word Gibbous first appeared in the 14th century and has its roots in the Latin word “gibbosus” meaning humpbacked.
Visit the November 2024 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.
Today’s Waxing Gibbous Phase
The Waxing Gibbous on November 11 has an illumination of 77%. 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 11 the Moon is 10.06 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
Phase: Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 77%
Moon Age: 10.06 days
Moon Angle: 0.55
Moon Distance: 364,618.66 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 148,057,890.64 km
Frankfurt, Germany, Europe
11 November 2024
11:00 am GMT 12:00 PM CET
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Sun:19 Scorpio 33
Moon:18 Pisces 17
Mercury:11 Sagittarius 23
Venus:29 Sagittarius 38
Mars:02 Leo 17
Jupiter:19 Gemini 33 Rx
Saturn:12 Pisces 42 Rx
Uranus:25 Taurus 29 Rx
Neptune:27 Pisces 20 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 52
True Lunar Node:05 Aries 49
Mean Lunar Node:04 Aries 10 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):14 Libra 58
Chiron:20 Aries 01 Rx
Ceres:21 Capricorn 24
Pallas:22 Sagittarius 23
Juno:02 Scorpio 49
Vesta:07 Libra 06
Eris:24 Aries 42 Rx
Fire:8
Earth:3
Air:3
Water:5
Cardinal:8
Fixed:4
Mutable:7
Chicago, Illinois, USA
November 11, 2024
06:00 pm GMT 12:00 PM CST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Sun:19 Scorpio 50
Moon:22 Pisces 29
Mercury:11 Sagittarius 44
Venus:29 Sagittarius 59
Mars:02 Leo 22
Jupiter:19 Gemini 31 Rx
Saturn:12 Pisces 42 Rx
Uranus:25 Taurus 28 Rx
Neptune:27 Pisces 19 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 52
True Lunar Node:05 Aries 49
Mean Lunar Node:04 Aries 09 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):15 Libra 00
Chiron:20 Aries 00 Rx
Ceres:21 Capricorn 29
Pallas:22 Sagittarius 30
Juno:02 Scorpio 55
Vesta:07 Libra 14
Eris:24 Aries 42 Rx
Fire:8
Earth:3
Air:3
Water:5
Cardinal:8
Fixed:4
Mutable:7
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
11 November 2024
08:00 pm GMT 12:00 PM PST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Sun:19 Scorpio 56
Moon:23 Pisces 41
Mercury:11 Sagittarius 50
Venus:00 Capricorn 05
Mars:02 Leo 23
Jupiter:19 Gemini 31 Rx
Saturn:12 Pisces 42 Rx
Uranus:25 Taurus 28 Rx
Neptune:27 Pisces 19 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 52
True Lunar Node:05 Aries 49
Mean Lunar Node:04 Aries 09 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):15 Libra 00
Chiron:20 Aries 00 Rx
Ceres:21 Capricorn 31
Pallas:22 Sagittarius 32
Juno:02 Scorpio 57
Vesta:07 Libra 17
Eris:24 Aries 42 Rx
Fire:7
Earth:4
Air:3
Water:5
Cardinal:9
Fixed:4
Mutable:6
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