Lunar Pulse
The Geometry of Natural Time in Real Time
The Moon is at 4°50′ Pisces, Waning Gibbous. The Sun is at 8°41′ Leo. Kept in sync with realtime to the exact second.
The Instrument
Positions are computed in your browser to the arcminute, every second, using astronomy-engine 2.1.19 \u2014 verified against Swiss Ephemeris 2.10.03 to within 0.069 arcminutes across Sun and Moon. Tropical zodiac, geocentric ecliptic of date.
- Lunar phase
- The Moon\u2019s illuminated shape as seen from Earth, set by the angle between Moon and Sun. One full cycle \u2014 new to full and back \u2014 takes about 29.5 days, the synodic month.
- Void-of-course Moon
- The period after the Moon\u2019s final Ptolemaic aspect to a traditional planet and before it enters the next zodiac sign. This clock computes the current status and the exact end time, live.
- Moon sign
- The zodiac sign the Moon currently occupies \u2014 shown here by tropical ecliptic longitude, with degree and arcminute, updating in real time as the Moon moves about 13\u00b0 per day.
Developers: current values are free at/api/now (JSON, CC-BY).