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From Moongiant.com
The Moon’s current phase for today and tonight is a Waxing Gibbous phase. This phase is when the moon is more than 50% illuminated but not yet a Full Moon. The phase lasts about 7 days with the moon becoming more illuminated each day until the Full Moon. During a Waxing Gibbous the moon rises in the east in mid-afternoon and is high in the eastern sky at sunset. The moon is then visible through most of the night sky setting a few hours before sunrise. The word Gibbous first appeared in the 14th century and has its roots in the Latin word “gibbosus” meaning humpbacked.
Visit the February 2022 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.
Today’s Waxing Gibbous Phase
The Waxing Gibbous on February 12 has an illumination of 84%. 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 12 the Moon is 10.86 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: 84%
Moon Age: 10.86 days
Moon Angle: 0.49
Moon Distance: 404,881.22 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,698,187.83 km
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Northwestern Hemisphere
The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Los Angeles, California, USA
February 12, 2022
12:00 am GMT 4:00 PM PST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:00 Cancer 17
Mercury:27 Capricorn 35
Venus:14 Capricorn 28
Mars:13 Capricorn 30
Jupiter:09 Pisces 47
Saturn:16 Aquarius 48
Uranus:11 Taurus 05
Neptune:21 Pisces 47
Pluto:27 Capricorn 18
True Lunar Node:27 Taurus 49 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:27 Taurus 18 Rx
Chiron:09 Aries 43
Ceres:00 Gemini 28
Pallas:29 Pisces 13
Juno:04 Aquarius 00
Vesta:16 Capricorn 40
Earth:8
Air:5
Water:4
Fixed:6
Mutable:5
Northern Hemisphere
The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Chicago, Illinois, USA
February 12, 2022
10:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:11 Cancer 11
Mercury:28 Capricorn 17
Venus:14 Capricorn 54
Mars:14 Capricorn 10
Jupiter:10 Pisces 00
Saturn:16 Aquarius 55
Uranus:11 Taurus 06
Neptune:21 Pisces 49
Pluto:27 Capricorn 19
True Lunar Node:27 Taurus 43 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:27 Taurus 16 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):23 Gemini 13
Chiron:09 Aries 45
Ceres:00 Gemini 38
Pallas:29 Pisces 32
Juno:04 Aquarius 22
Vesta:17 Capricorn 08
Eris:23 Aries 47
Earth:8
Air:5
Water:4
Fixed:6
Mutable:5
Northeastern Hemisphere
The time for this Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe
12 February 2022
03:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:07 Cancer 42
Mercury:28 Capricorn 03
Venus:14 Capricorn 46
Mars:13 Capricorn 57
Jupiter:09 Pisces 56
Saturn:16 Aquarius 53
Uranus:11 Taurus 05
Neptune:21 Pisces 49
Pluto:27 Capricorn 19
Mean Lunar Node:27 Taurus 16 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):23 Gemini 11
Chiron:09 Aries 44
Ceres:00 Gemini 35
Pallas:29 Pisces 26
Juno:04 Aquarius 15
Vesta:16 Capricorn 59
Eris:23 Aries 47
Earth:8
Air:5
Water:4
Fixed:6
Mutable:5