Moon Goddess’ Current Phase
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 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 7 has an illumination of 1%. 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 7 the Moon is 1.15 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: 1%
Moon Age: 1.15 days
Moon Angle: 0.54
Moon Distance: 367,849.63 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 149,475,937.59 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
Northern Hemisphere Custom Planetary Positions
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 the Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
October 07, 2021
09:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:04 Scorpio 04
Mercury:18 Libra 43 Rx
Venus:00 Sagittarius 26
Mars:14 Libra 54
Jupiter:22 Aquarius 31 Rx
Saturn:06 Aquarius 53 Rx
Uranus:13 Taurus 53 Rx
Neptune:21 Pisces 10 Rx
Pluto:24 Capricorn 19
True Lunar Node:02 Gemini 36 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:04 Gemini 02 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):09 Gemini 02
Chiron:10 Aries 28 Rx
Ceres:12 Gemini 08
Pallas:12 Pisces 09 Rx
Juno:18 Sagittarius 18
Vesta:08 Scorpio 52
Eris:24 Aries 20 Rx
Earth:2
Air:9
Water:4
Fixed:5
Mutable:8
Northeastern Hemisphere
The time for the Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe
7 October 2021
12:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:28 Libra 33
Mercury:19 Libra 09 Rx
Venus:00 Sagittarius 02
Mars:14 Libra 40
Jupiter:22 Aquarius 31 Rx
Saturn:06 Aquarius 53 Rx
Uranus:13 Taurus 54 Rx
Neptune:21 Pisces 10 Rx
Pluto:24 Capricorn 19
True Lunar Node:02 Gemini 38 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:04 Gemini 03 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):08 Gemini 59
Chiron:10 Aries 29 Rx
Ceres:12 Gemini 08
Pallas:12 Pisces 13 Rx
Juno:18 Sagittarius 12
Vesta:08 Scorpio 40
Eris:24 Aries 20 Rx
Earth:2
Air:10
Water:3
Fixed:4
Mutable:8
