12 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 First Quarter on August 12 has an illumination of 49%. 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 12 the Moon is 7.27 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: First Quarter
Illumination: 49%
Moon Age: 7.27 days
Moon Angle: 0.50
Moon Distance: 398,994.28 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 151,562,678.09 km

Source: currentplanetarypositions.com

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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

Sun:19 Leo 52
Moon:13 Scorpio 40
Mercury:02 Virgo 02 Rx
Venus:08 Virgo 35
Mars:15 Gemini 00
Jupiter:16 Gemini 16
Saturn:17 Pisces 58 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 05
Neptune:29 Pisces 31 Rx
Pluto:00 Aquarius 25 Rx

True Lunar Node:07 Aries 42
Mean Lunar Node:09 Aries 01 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):04 Libra 50

Chiron:23 Aries 25 Rx
Ceres:08 Capricorn 06 Rx
Pallas:23 Scorpio 15
Juno:00 Libra 48
Vesta:23 Leo 58

Eris:25 Aries 27 Rx

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

Cape Town, South Africa

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

Sun:20 Leo 11
Moon:17 Scorpio 43
Mercury:01 Virgo 49 Rx
Venus:08 Virgo 59
Mars:15 Gemini 13
Jupiter:16 Gemini 20
Saturn:17 Pisces 57 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 05
Neptune:29 Pisces 30 Rx
Pluto:00 Aquarius 24 Rx

True Lunar Node:07 Aries 42
Mean Lunar Node:09 Aries 00 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):04 Libra 53

Chiron:23 Aries 25 Rx
Ceres:08 Capricorn 04 Rx
Pallas:23 Scorpio 19
Juno:00 Libra 55
Vesta:24 Leo 07

Eris:25 Aries 27 Rx

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

Easter Island, Chile

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

Sun:20 Leo 31
Moon:21 Scorpio 46
Mercury:01 Virgo 37 Rx
Venus:09 Virgo 24
Mars:15 Gemini 26
Jupiter:16 Gemini 23
Saturn:17 Pisces 56 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 05
Neptune:29 Pisces 30 Rx
Pluto:00 Aquarius 24 Rx

True Lunar Node:07 Aries 42 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:08 Aries 59 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):04 Libra 55

Chiron:23 Aries 24 Rx
Ceres:08 Capricorn 02 Rx
Pallas:23 Scorpio 23
Juno:01 Libra 01
Vesta:24 Leo 17

Eris:25 Aries 27 Rx

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