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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 February 2022 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.
Today’s Waxing Crescent Phase
The Waxing Crescent on February 6 has an illumination of 30%. 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 February 6 the Moon is 5.46 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: 30%
Moon Age: 5.46 days
Moon Angle: 0.50
Moon Distance: 394,417.38 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,538,804.97 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
February 06, 2022
12:00 am GMT 4:00 PM PST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:18 Aries 00
Mercury:24 Capricorn 35
Venus:12 Capricorn 12
Mars:09 Capricorn 05
Jupiter:08 Pisces 22
Saturn:16 Aquarius 05
Uranus:10 Taurus 58
Neptune:21 Pisces 35
Pluto:27 Capricorn 07
True Lunar Node:27 Taurus 58 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:27 Taurus 37 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):22 Gemini 27
Chiron:09 Aries 28
Ceres:29 Taurus 33
Pallas:27 Pisces 09
Juno:01 Aquarius 37
Vesta:13 Capricorn 34
Eris:23 Aries 45
Earth:9
Air:4
Water:3
Fixed:7
Mutable:4
Northern Hemisphere
The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Chicago, Illinois, USA
February 06, 2022
10:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:29 Aries 33
Mercury:24 Capricorn 49
Venus:12 Capricorn 28
Mars:09 Capricorn 46
Jupiter:08 Pisces 35
Saturn:16 Aquarius 12
Uranus:10 Taurus 59
Neptune:21 Pisces 37
Pluto:27 Capricorn 08
True Lunar Node:27 Taurus 55 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:27 Taurus 35 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):22 Gemini 33
Chiron:09 Aries 30
Ceres:29 Taurus 41
Pallas:27 Pisces 28
Juno:01 Aquarius 59
Vesta:14 Capricorn 03
Eris:23 Aries 45
Earth:9
Air:4
Water:3
Fixed:7
Mutable:4
Northeastern Hemisphere
The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe
6 February 2022
03:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:25 Aries 55
Mercury:24 Capricorn 44
Venus:12 Capricorn 23
Mars:09 Capricorn 33
Jupiter:08 Pisces 31
Saturn:16 Aquarius 10
Uranus:10 Taurus 59
Neptune:21 Pisces 37
Pluto:27 Capricorn 08
True Lunar Node:27 Taurus 56 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:27 Taurus 35 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):22 Gemini 31
Chiron:09 Aries 29
Ceres:29 Taurus 38
Pallas:27 Pisces 22
Juno:01 Aquarius 52
Vesta:13 Capricorn 54
Eris:23 Aries 45
Earth:9
Air:4
Water:3
Fixed:7
Mutable:4
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