6 August 2024 Current Moon Phase and Planetary Positions for the Southern Hemisphere

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 Waxing Crescent Phase. Best seen in the west after the sun dips below the horizon at sunset. This is the first Phase after the New Moon and is a great time to see the features of the moon’s surface. The moon is close to the sun in the sky and mostly dark except for the right edge of the moon which becomes brighter as the days get closer to the next phase which is a First Quarter with a 50% illumination.

Visit the August 2024 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Waxing Crescent Phase

The Waxing Crescent on August 6 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 6 the Moon is 1.88 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

Phase: Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 4%
Moon Age: 1.88 days
Moon Angle: 0.49
Moon Distance: 402,972.55 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 151,709,882.79 km

Source: currentplanetarypositions.com

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

6 August 2024
02:00 am GMT 12:00 PM AEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:14 Leo 07
Moon:02 Virgo 23
Mercury:04 Virgo 04 Rx
Venus:01 Virgo 13
Mars:11 Gemini 02
Jupiter:15 Gemini 17
Saturn:18 Pisces 20 Rx
Uranus:26 Taurus 58
Neptune:29 Pisces 37 Rx
Pluto:00 Aquarius 33 Rx

True Lunar Node:07 Aries 48 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:09 Aries 20 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):04 Libra 11

Chiron:23 Aries 29 Rx
Ceres:08 Capricorn 42 Rx
Pallas:22 Scorpio 10
Juno:28 Virgo 48
Vesta:21 Leo 11

Eris:25 Aries 28 Rx

Fire:6
Earth:6
Air:4
Water:3
Cardinal:6
Fixed:5
Mutable:8

Cape Town, South Africa

6 August 2024
10:00 am GMT 12:00 PM SAST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:14 Leo 26
Moon:06 Virgo 25
Mercury:04 Virgo 02 Rx
Venus:01 Virgo 37
Mars:11 Gemini 16
Jupiter:15 Gemini 21
Saturn:18 Pisces 19 Rx
Uranus:26 Taurus 58
Neptune:29 Pisces 37 Rx
Pluto:00 Aquarius 32 Rx

True Lunar Node:07 Aries 46 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:09 Aries 19 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):04 Libra 13

Chiron:23 Aries 29 Rx
Ceres:08 Capricorn 40 Rx
Pallas:22 Scorpio 13
Juno:28 Virgo 55
Vesta:21 Leo 20

Eris:25 Aries 28 Rx

Fire:6
Earth:6
Air:4
Water:3
Cardinal:6
Fixed:5
Mutable:8

Easter Island, Chile

6 August 2024
06:00 pm GMT 12:00 PM EAST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:14 Leo 45
Moon:10 Virgo 25
Mercury:04 Virgo 00 Rx
Venus:02 Virgo 02
Mars:11 Gemini 29
Jupiter:15 Gemini 24
Saturn:18 Pisces 18 Rx
Uranus:26 Taurus 59
Neptune:29 Pisces 37 Rx
Pluto:00 Aquarius 32 Rx

True Lunar Node:07 Aries 44 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:09 Aries 18 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):04 Libra 15

Chiron:23 Aries 29 Rx
Ceres:08 Capricorn 38 Rx
Pallas:22 Scorpio 16
Juno:29 Virgo 02
Vesta:21 Leo 29

Eris:25 Aries 28 Rx

Fire:6
Earth:6
Air:4
Water:3
Cardinal:6
Fixed:5
Mutable:8