What Kind Of Moon Are We Having Tonight

The next day 1 day has passed.

This calendar shows the moon phase for every day in the current month of december 2020. The official moment of tonight s full corn moon is 1 22 a m. This year september s full moon. Yes that s the kind of.

You can also find this information in the print edition of the old farmer s almanac in the last right column of the left hand calendar pages. This is the percentage of the moon illuminated by the sun. Moon phase calendar for the current month of december 2020. See how the phases change over the course of the moon s 29 53 day cycle.

The moon changes in appearance and location in the sky everyday which is why we refer to the moon by its phases. It takes 29 53 days for the moon to orbit the earth and go through the lunar cycle of all 8 moon phases. The moon shows its full face to earth about once a month. This refers to how many days it has been since the last new moon.

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Most of the time the full moon isn t perfectly full. We always see the same side of the moon but part of it is in shadow. So at the new moon that day is 0 not labeled. The first day starts with a phase that is illuminated.

To clarify tonight s black moon is dubbed as such because the fourth new moon of the astronomical season falls on march 20 th which makes this moon the third new moon. Dec 14 2020 at 11 16 am previous phase. Dec 21 2020 at 6 41 pm next phase new moon. On december 19 the moon is 5 06 days old.

And onward until 29 days pass and we are at the next new moon. New moon new crescent moon 1st quarter moon waxing gibbous full moon waning gibbous 3rd quarter and old crescent.