
Today the Moon will be 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.
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 9 has an illumination of 13%. 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 9 the Moon is 3.4 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 Crescent
Illumination: 13%
Moon Age: 3.40 days
Moon Angle: 0.55
Moon Distance: 363,679.30 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 149,389,987.53 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
Southeastern Hemisphere
The time for the Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
9 October 2021
05:00 am GMT 4:00 PM AEDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:23 Scorpio 39
Mercury:17 Libra 09 Rx
Venus:01 Sagittarius 54
Mars:15 Libra 47
Jupiter:22 Aquarius 28 Rx
Saturn:06 Aquarius 53 Rx
Uranus:13 Taurus 50 Rx
Neptune:21 Pisces 08 Rx
Pluto:24 Capricorn 19
True Lunar Node:02 Gemini 33 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:03 Gemini 58 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):09 Gemini 11
Chiron:10 Aries 24 Rx
Ceres:12 Gemini 08 Rx
Pallas:11 Pisces 54 Rx
Juno:18 Sagittarius 39
Vesta:09 Scorpio 34
Eris:24 Aries 19 Rx
Earth:2
Air:9
Water:4
Fixed:5
Mutable:8
Southwestern Hemisphere
The time for the Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America
9 October 2021
07:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM BRT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:02 Sagittarius 12
Mercury:16 Libra 27 Rx
Venus:02 Sagittarius 32
Mars:16 Libra 10
Jupiter:22 Aquarius 27 Rx
Saturn:06 Aquarius 53 Rx
Uranus:13 Taurus 49 Rx
Neptune:21 Pisces 07 Rx
Pluto:24 Capricorn 19
True Lunar Node:02 Gemini 33 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:03 Gemini 56 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):09 Gemini 14
Chiron:10 Aries 23 Rx
Ceres:12 Gemini 08 Rx
Pallas:11 Pisces 47 Rx
Juno:18 Sagittarius 49
Vesta:09 Scorpio 52
Eris:24 Aries 19 Rx
Earth:2
Air:9
Water:3
Fixed:4
Mutable:9
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