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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 March 2022 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.
Today’s Waning Crescent Phase
The Waning Crescent on March 1 has an illumination of 2%. 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 March 1 the Moon is 28.21 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: 2%
Moon Age: 28.21 days
Moon Angle: 0.53
Moon Distance: 372,838.66 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 148,254,437.31 km
Useful Moon Resources
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For Your Local Time and Date
Northwestern Hemisphere
The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Los Angeles, California, USA
March 01, 2022
12:00 am GMT 4:00 PM PST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:17 Aquarius 36
Mercury:16 Aquarius 38
Venus:25 Capricorn 35
Mars:26 Capricorn 04
Jupiter:13 Pisces 52
Saturn:18 Aquarius 48
Uranus:11 Taurus 33
Neptune:22 Pisces 24
Pluto:27 Capricorn 46
True Lunar Node:25 Taurus 45 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:26 Taurus 24 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):25 Gemini 00
Chiron:10 Aries 32
Ceres:04 Gemini 03
Pallas:05 Aries 22
Juno:10 Aquarius 46
Vesta:25 Capricorn 14
Eris:23 Aries 54
Earth:7
Air:6
Water:3
Fixed:7
Mutable:5
Northern Hemisphere
The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Chicago, Illinois, USA
March 01, 2022
10:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:00 Pisces 39
Mercury:17 Aquarius 54
Venus:26 Capricorn 20
Mars:26 Capricorn 45
Jupiter:14 Pisces 05
Saturn:18 Aquarius 54
Uranus:11 Taurus 35
Neptune:22 Pisces 26
Pluto:27 Capricorn 48
True Lunar Node:25 Taurus 34 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:26 Taurus 21 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):25 Gemini 07
Chiron:10 Aries 35
Ceres:04 Gemini 16
Pallas:05 Aries 43
Juno:11 Aquarius 07
Vesta:25 Capricorn 41
Eris:23 Aries 54
Earth:7
Air:5
Water:4
Fixed:6
Mutable:6
Northeastern Hemisphere
The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe
1 March 2022
03:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:26 Aquarius 31
Mercury:17 Aquarius 30
Venus:26 Capricorn 05
Mars:26 Capricorn 32
Jupiter:14 Pisces 01
Saturn:18 Aquarius 52
Uranus:11 Taurus 34
Neptune:22 Pisces 26
Pluto:27 Capricorn 47
True Lunar Node:25 Taurus 38 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:26 Taurus 22 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):25 Gemini 05
Chiron:10 Aries 34
Ceres:04 Gemini 12
Pallas:05 Aries 36
Juno:11 Aquarius 00
Vesta:25 Capricorn 32
Eris:23 Aries 54
Earth:7
Air:6
Water:3
Fixed:7
Mutable:5
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