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☽ Moon Ritual

Tonight, the Moon is Last Quarter

55% illuminated · in Pisces · 21.7 days into this cycle. A second square. Let the thing that’s done be done.

Tonight · Sunday, June 7, 2026

Release.

The Moon and Sun form their second 90° square — the closing friction of the cycle. Tradition calls this the phase of conscious endings: it asks what you’re still carrying that the next new moon would prefer you didn’t.

Ritual prompt

What are you ready to set down before this cycle closes?

Illumination

55%

Cycle age

21.7 of 29.5 days

In sign

Pisces

Looking ahead

The next seven days

Each day’s phase is computed from the same Meeus ephemeris that powers the home-page dial. Hover for the day’s verb.

Today

Waning Gibbous

Pisces

Reflect

Tomorrow

Last Quarter

Pisces

Release

9 Tue

Waning Crescent

Aries

Rest

10 Wed

Waning Crescent

Aries

Rest

11 Thu

Waning Crescent

Aries

Rest

12 Fri

Waning Crescent

Taurus

Rest

13 Sat

Waning Crescent

Taurus

Rest

The full cycle

All eight phases

Each phase carries a different invitation. A complete cycle is roughly 29.5 days — the synodic month.

Begin

New Moon

A quiet doorway. Plant the seed you can’t yet see.

Build

Waxing Crescent

The thread is visible. Take one concrete step.

Decide

First Quarter

A choice point. Push through the friction.

Refine

Waxing Gibbous

The picture sharpens. Edit, don’t expand.

Harvest

Full Moon

Full illumination. See what you’ve made.

Reflect

Waning Gibbous

After the peak. What does the result teach?

Release

Last Quarter

A second square. Let the thing that’s done be done.

Rest

Waning Crescent

Almost dark again. Conserve what you have.

Stay with the cycle

The phase is one fact about today

The Moon is the fastest hand on the celestial clock, but not the only one. The panchang is the dial it sits on; retrogrades, festivals, and gemstones are how that dial gets used.

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