Source: MoonGiant.com
You can use this link to go forward or backward in time for Moon phase information. If you are curious, you can even find out what phase the Moon was in when you or anyone else was born.
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.
Useful Moon Resources
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The Moon’s current phase for today and tonight is a Waning Crescent phase. This phase is best viewed just before the sunrise in the western sky. 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. 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 August 2024 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.
Today’s Waning Crescent Phase
The Waning Crescent on August 2 has an illumination of 4%. 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 August 2 the Moon is 27.64 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.
Phase Details
Illumination: 4%
Moon Age: 27.64 days
Moon Angle: 0.51
Moon Distance: 388,602.18 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 151,795,890.15 km
Source: currentplanetarypositions.com
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
2 August 2024
02:00 am GMT 12:00 PM AEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:12 Cancer 20
Mercury:03 Virgo 42
Venus:26 Leo 18
Mars:08 Gemini 21
Jupiter:14 Gemini 36
Saturn:18 Pisces 33 Rx
Uranus:26 Taurus 52
Neptune:29 Pisces 41 Rx
Pluto:00 Aquarius 38 Rx
True Lunar Node:08 Aries 24 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:09 Aries 32 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):03 Libra 44
Chiron:23 Aries 31 Rx
Ceres:09 Capricorn 14 Rx
Pallas:21 Scorpio 32
Juno:27 Virgo 30
Vesta:19 Leo 20
Eris:25 Aries 29 Rx
Earth:4
Air:4
Water:4
Fixed:6
Mutable:6
Cape Town, South Africa
2 August 2024
10:00 am GMT 12:00 PM SAST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:16 Cancer 38
Mercury:03 Virgo 46
Venus:26 Leo 42
Mars:08 Gemini 35
Jupiter:14 Gemini 39
Saturn:18 Pisces 32 Rx
Uranus:26 Taurus 53
Neptune:29 Pisces 41 Rx
Pluto:00 Aquarius 38 Rx
True Lunar Node:08 Aries 21 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:09 Aries 31 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):03 Libra 46
Chiron:23 Aries 31 Rx
Ceres:09 Capricorn 11 Rx
Pallas:21 Scorpio 35
Juno:27 Virgo 36
Vesta:19 Leo 29
Eris:25 Aries 29 Rx
Earth:4
Air:4
Water:4
Fixed:6
Mutable:6
Easter Island, Chile
2 August 2024
06:00 pm GMT 12:00 PM EAST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:20 Cancer 54
Mercury:03 Virgo 51
Venus:27 Leo 07
Mars:08 Gemini 48
Jupiter:14 Gemini 43
Saturn:18 Pisces 31 Rx
Uranus:26 Taurus 53
Neptune:29 Pisces 41 Rx
Pluto:00 Aquarius 37 Rx
True Lunar Node:08 Aries 17 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:09 Aries 30 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):03 Libra 48
Chiron:23 Aries 31 Rx
Ceres:09 Capricorn 08 Rx
Pallas:21 Scorpio 38
Juno:27 Virgo 43
Vesta:19 Leo 38
Eris:25 Aries 29 Rx
Earth:4
Air:4
Water:4
Fixed:6
Mutable:6
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