August 9, 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.

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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 9 has an illumination of 22%. 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 9 the Moon is 4.58 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: 22%
Moon Age: 4.58 days
Moon Angle: 0.49
Moon Distance: 405,267.40 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 151,638,942.40 km

Source: currentplanetarypositions.com

London, England

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

Sun:17 Leo 21
Moon:12 Libra 31
Mercury:03 Virgo 18 Rx
Venus:05 Virgo 21
Mars:13 Gemini 17
Jupiter:15 Gemini 51
Saturn:18 Pisces 08 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 02
Neptune:29 Pisces 34 Rx
Pluto:00 Aquarius 28 Rx

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

Lilith (Black Moon):04 Libra 33

Chiron:23 Aries 27 Rx
Ceres:08 Capricorn 20 Rx
Pallas:22 Scorpio 45
Juno:29 Virgo 55
Vesta:22 Leo 45

Eris:25 Aries 28 Rx

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

Chicago, Illinois

August 09, 2024
05:00 pm GMT 12:00 PM CDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:17 Leo 35
Moon:15 Libra 27
Mercury:03 Virgo 12 Rx
Venus:05 Virgo 40
Mars:13 Gemini 26
Jupiter:15 Gemini 54
Saturn:18 Pisces 07 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 02
Neptune:29 Pisces 33 Rx
Pluto:00 Aquarius 28 Rx

True Lunar Node:07 Aries 40
Mean Lunar Node:09 Aries 08 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):04 Libra 35

Chiron:23 Aries 27 Rx
Ceres:08 Capricorn 19 Rx
Pallas:22 Scorpio 48
Juno:00 Libra 00
Vesta:22 Leo 52

Eris:25 Aries 28 Rx

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

Los Angels, California

August 09, 2024
07:00 pm GMT 12:00 PM PDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:17 Leo 40
Moon:16 Libra 26
Mercury:03 Virgo 10 Rx
Venus:05 Virgo 46
Mars:13 Gemini 30
Jupiter:15 Gemini 54
Saturn:18 Pisces 07 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 02
Neptune:29 Pisces 33 Rx
Pluto:00 Aquarius 28 Rx

True Lunar Node:07 Aries 40
Mean Lunar Node:09 Aries 08 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):04 Libra 35

Chiron:23 Aries 27 Rx
Ceres:08 Capricorn 18 Rx
Pallas:22 Scorpio 49
Juno:00 Libra 02
Vesta:22 Leo 54

Eris:25 Aries 28 Rx

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