8 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 8 has an illumination of 15%. 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 8 the Moon is 3.68 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: 15%
Moon Age: 3.68 days
Moon Angle: 0.49
Moon Distance: 405,459.78 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 151,663,189.60 km

Source: currentplanetarypositions.com

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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

Sun:16 Leo 02
Moon:26 Virgo 18
Mercury:03 Virgo 44 Rx
Venus:03 Virgo 40
Mars:12 Gemini 22
Jupiter:15 Gemini 37
Saturn:18 Pisces 13 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 00
Neptune:29 Pisces 35 Rx
Pluto:00 Aquarius 30 Rx

True Lunar Node:07 Aries 40 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:09 Aries 13 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):04 Libra 24

Chiron:23 Aries 28 Rx
Ceres:08 Capricorn 29 Rx
Pallas:22 Scorpio 30
Juno:29 Virgo 28
Vesta:22 Leo 06

Eris:25 Aries 28 Rx

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

Cape Town, South Africa

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

Sun:16 Leo 21
Moon:00 Libra 14
Mercury:03 Virgo 39 Rx
Venus:04 Virgo 04
Mars:12 Gemini 35
Jupiter:15 Gemini 41
Saturn:18 Pisces 12 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 01
Neptune:29 Pisces 35 Rx
Pluto:00 Aquarius 30 Rx

True Lunar Node:07 Aries 40 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:09 Aries 12 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):04 Libra 26

Chiron:23 Aries 28 Rx
Ceres:08 Capricorn 27 Rx
Pallas:22 Scorpio 34
Juno:29 Virgo 35
Vesta:22 Leo 16

Eris:25 Aries 28 Rx

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

Easter Island, Chile

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

Sun:16 Leo 40
Moon:04 Libra 10
Mercury:03 Virgo 33 Rx
Venus:04 Virgo 29
Mars:12 Gemini 48
Jupiter:15 Gemini 44
Saturn:18 Pisces 11 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 01
Neptune:29 Pisces 34 Rx
Pluto:00 Aquarius 29 Rx

True Lunar Node:07 Aries 39 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:09 Aries 11 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):04 Libra 28

Chiron:23 Aries 28 Rx
Ceres:08 Capricorn 25 Rx
Pallas:22 Scorpio 37
Juno:29 Virgo 41
Vesta:22 Leo 25

Eris:25 Aries 28 Rx

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