10 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.

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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 10 has an illumination of 30%. 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 10 the Moon is 5.47 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: 30%
Moon Age: 5.47 days
Moon Angle: 0.49
Moon Distance: 404,101.17 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 151,614,103.54 km

Source: currentplanetarypositions.com

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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

Sun:17 Leo 57
Moon:19 Libra 52
Mercury:03 Virgo 03 Rx
Venus:06 Virgo 07
Mars:13 Gemini 41
Jupiter:15 Gemini 57
Saturn:18 Pisces 06 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 03
Neptune:29 Pisces 33 Rx
Pluto:00 Aquarius 27 Rx

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

Lilith (Black Moon):04 Libra 37

Chiron:23 Aries 27 Rx
Ceres:08 Capricorn 16 Rx
Pallas:22 Scorpio 52
Juno:00 Libra 08
Vesta:23 Leo 02

Eris:25 Aries 28 Rx

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

Cape Town, South Africa

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

Sun:18 Leo 16
Moon:23 Libra 48
Mercury:02 Virgo 54 Rx
Venus:06 Virgo 32
Mars:13 Gemini 55
Jupiter:16 Gemini 00
Saturn:18 Pisces 05 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 03
Neptune:29 Pisces 33 Rx
Pluto:00 Aquarius 27 Rx

True Lunar Node:07 Aries 40
Mean Lunar Node:09 Aries 06 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):04 Libra 39

Chiron:23 Aries 26 Rx
Ceres:08 Capricorn 15 Rx
Pallas:22 Scorpio 56
Juno:00 Libra 14
Vesta:23 Leo 11

Eris:25 Aries 28 Rx

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

Easter Island, Chile

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

Sun:18 Leo 35
Moon:27 Libra 45
Mercury:02 Virgo 45 Rx
Venus:06 Virgo 56
Mars:14 Gemini 08
Jupiter:16 Gemini 04
Saturn:18 Pisces 03 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 03
Neptune:29 Pisces 32 Rx
Pluto:00 Aquarius 26 Rx

True Lunar Node:07 Aries 41
Mean Lunar Node:09 Aries 05 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):04 Libra 42

Chiron:23 Aries 26 Rx
Ceres:08 Capricorn 13 Rx
Pallas:22 Scorpio 59
Juno:00 Libra 21
Vesta:23 Leo 21

Eris:25 Aries 28 Rx

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