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From Moongiant.com
The Moon’s current phase for today and tonight is a Waning Crescent phase. In this phase the Moon’s illumination is growing smaller each day until the New Moon. During this part of the Moon cycle, the Moon is getting closer to the Sun as viewed from Earth and the night side of the Moon is facing the Earth with only a small edge of the Moon being illuminated. This phase is best viewed an hour or 2 before the sunrise and can be quite beautiful if you’re willing to get up early. It can also be a great time to see the features of the Moon’s surface. Along the edge where the illuminated portion meets the dark side, the craters and mountains cast long shadows making them easier to observe with a telescope or binoculars.
Visit the January 2022 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.
Today’s Waning Crescent Phase
The Waning Crescent on January 31 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 January 31 the Moon is 28.71 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: 28.71 days
Moon Angle: 0.54
Moon Distance: 367,662.94 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,401,812.29 km
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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 31, 2022
12:00 am GMT 4:00 PM PST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:24 Capricorn 00
Mercury:25 Capricorn 34 Rx
Venus:11 Capricorn 08
Mars:04 Capricorn 42
Jupiter:06 Pisces 59
Saturn:15 Aquarius 22
Uranus:10 Taurus 53
Neptune:21 Pisces 24
Pluto:26 Capricorn 55
True Lunar Node:28 Taurus 57 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:27 Taurus 57 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):21 Gemini 47
Chiron:09 Aries 14
Ceres:28 Taurus 49
Pallas:25 Pisces 10
Juno:29 Capricorn 13
Vesta:10 Capricorn 27
Eris:23 Aries 43
Earth:11
Air:3
Water:3
Fixed:6
Mutable:4
Northern Hemisphere
The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Chicago, Illinois, USA
January 31, 2022
10:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:07 Aquarius 34
Mercury:25 Capricorn 05 Rx
Venus:11 Capricorn 12
Mars:05 Capricorn 22
Jupiter:07 Pisces 12
Saturn:15 Aquarius 28
Uranus:10 Taurus 54
Neptune:21 Pisces 26
Pluto:26 Capricorn 57
True Lunar Node:28 Taurus 48 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:27 Taurus 54 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):21 Gemini 53
Chiron:09 Aries 16
Ceres:28 Taurus 55
Pallas:25 Pisces 28
Juno:29 Capricorn 35
Vesta:10 Capricorn 56
Eris:23 Aries 43
Earth:10
Air:4
Water:3
Fixed:7
Mutable:4
Northeastern Hemisphere For 1600 CEST GMT 1500 Post 0900CT
The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe
31 January 2022
03:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:03 Aquarius 16
Mercury:25 Capricorn 13 Rx
Venus:11 Capricorn 11
Mars:05 Capricorn 09
Jupiter:07 Pisces 08
Saturn:15 Aquarius 26
Uranus:10 Taurus 54
Neptune:21 Pisces 25
Pluto:26 Capricorn 56
True Lunar Node:28 Taurus 51 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:27 Taurus 55 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):21 Gemini 51
Chiron:09 Aries 15
Ceres:28 Taurus 53
Pallas:25 Pisces 22
Juno:29 Capricorn 28
Vesta:10 Capricorn 47
Eris:23 Aries 43
Earth:10
Air:4
Water:3
Fixed:7
Mutable:4
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