August 5, 2024 Current Moon Phase and Planetary Positions for the Northern Hemispheres

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 5 has an illumination of 1%. 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 5 the Moon is 0.96 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: 1%
Moon Age: 0.96 days
Moon Angle: 0.50
Moon Distance: 400,392.79 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 151,732,316.08 km

Source: currentplanetarypositions.com

London, England

5 August 2024
11:00 am GMT 12:00 PM BST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:13 Leo 31
Moon:24 Leo 47
Mercury:04 Virgo 06 Rx
Venus:00 Virgo 26
Mars:10 Gemini 37
Jupiter:15 Gemini 11
Saturn:18 Pisces 22 Rx
Uranus:26 Taurus 57
Neptune:29 Pisces 38 Rx
Pluto:00 Aquarius 34 Rx

True Lunar Node:07 Aries 52 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:09 Aries 22 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):04 Libra 06

Chiron:23 Aries 30 Rx
Ceres:08 Capricorn 47 Rx
Pallas:22 Scorpio 03
Juno:28 Virgo 36
Vesta:20 Leo 53

Eris:25 Aries 29 Rx

Fire:7
Earth:5
Air:4
Water:3
Cardinal:6
Fixed:6
Mutable:7

Chicago, Illinois

August 05, 2024
05:00 pm GMT 12:00 PM CDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:13 Leo 45
Moon:27 Leo 50
Mercury:04 Virgo 06 Rx
Venus:00 Virgo 45
Mars:10 Gemini 47
Jupiter:15 Gemini 13
Saturn:18 Pisces 21 Rx
Uranus:26 Taurus 57
Neptune:29 Pisces 38 Rx
Pluto:00 Aquarius 33 Rx

True Lunar Node:07 Aries 50 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:09 Aries 21 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):04 Libra 08

Chiron:23 Aries 29 Rx
Ceres:08 Capricorn 45 Rx
Pallas:22 Scorpio 06
Juno:28 Virgo 41
Vesta:21 Leo 00

Eris:25 Aries 28 Rx

Fire:7
Earth:5
Air:4
Water:3
Cardinal:6
Fixed:6
Mutable:7

Los Angels, California

August 05, 2024
07:00 pm GMT 12:00 PM PDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:13 Leo 50
Moon:28 Leo 51
Mercury:04 Virgo 05 Rx
Venus:00 Virgo 51
Mars:10 Gemini 50
Jupiter:15 Gemini 14
Saturn:18 Pisces 21 Rx
Uranus:26 Taurus 57
Neptune:29 Pisces 38 Rx
Pluto:00 Aquarius 33 Rx

True Lunar Node:07 Aries 50 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:09 Aries 21 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):04 Libra 09

Chiron:23 Aries 29 Rx
Ceres:08 Capricorn 45 Rx
Pallas:22 Scorpio 07
Juno:28 Virgo 43
Vesta:21 Leo 03

Eris:25 Aries 28 Rx

Fire:7
Earth:5
Air:4
Water:3
Cardinal:6
Fixed:6
Mutable:7