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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 8 has an illumination of 6%. 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 8 the Moon is 2.27 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: 6%
Moon Age: 2.27 days
Moon Angle: 0.55
Moon Distance: 365,217.11 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 149,432,944.19 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
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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 08, 2021
09:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:18 Scorpio 46
Mercury:17 Libra 33 Rx
Venus:01 Sagittarius 32
Mars:15 Libra 34
Jupiter:22 Aquarius 29 Rx
Saturn:06 Aquarius 53 Rx
Uranus:13 Taurus 51 Rx
Neptune:21 Pisces 08 Rx
Pluto:24 Capricorn 19
True Lunar Node:02 Gemini 33 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:03 Gemini 59 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):09 Gemini 08
Chiron:10 Aries 25 Rx
Ceres:12 Gemini 08
Pallas:11 Pisces 57 Rx
Juno:18 Sagittarius 34
Vesta:09 Scorpio 23
Eris:24 Aries 19 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
8 October 2021
02:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CET
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:14 Scorpio 28
Mercury:17 Libra 53 Rx
Venus:01 Sagittarius 13
Mars:15 Libra 22
Jupiter:22 Aquarius 29 Rx
Saturn:06 Aquarius 53 Rx
Uranus:13 Taurus 51 Rx
Neptune:21 Pisces 09 Rx
Pluto:24 Capricorn 19
True Lunar Node:02 Gemini 34 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:04 Gemini 00 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):09 Gemini 06
Chiron:10 Aries 26 Rx
Ceres:12 Gemini 08
Pallas:12 Pisces 01 Rx
Juno:18 Sagittarius 29
Vesta:09 Scorpio 14
Eris:24 Aries 19 Rx
Earth:2
Air:9
Water:4
Fixed:5
Mutable:8
