August 11, 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 11 has an illumination of 39%. 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 11 the Moon is 6.36 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: 39%
Moon Age: 6.36 days
Moon Angle: 0.50
Moon Distance: 401,988.48 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 151,588,679.79 km

Source: currentplanetarypositions.com

London, England

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

Sun:19 Leo 16
Moon:06 Scorpio 10
Mercury:02 Virgo 23 Rx
Venus:07 Virgo 49
Mars:14 Gemini 36
Jupiter:16 Gemini 10
Saturn:18 Pisces 01 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 04
Neptune:29 Pisces 31 Rx
Pluto:00 Aquarius 26 Rx

True Lunar Node:07 Aries 42
Mean Lunar Node:09 Aries 03 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):04 Libra 46

Chiron:23 Aries 25 Rx
Ceres:08 Capricorn 09 Rx
Pallas:23 Scorpio 08
Juno:00 Libra 35
Vesta:23 Leo 40

Eris:25 Aries 27 Rx

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

Chicago, Illinois

August 11, 2024
05:00 pm GMT 12:00 PM CDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:19 Leo 31
Moon:09 Scorpio 10
Mercury:02 Virgo 15 Rx
Venus:08 Virgo 07
Mars:14 Gemini 45
Jupiter:16 Gemini 13
Saturn:18 Pisces 00 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 04
Neptune:29 Pisces 31 Rx
Pluto:00 Aquarius 25 Rx

True Lunar Node:07 Aries 42
Mean Lunar Node:09 Aries 02 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):04 Libra 48

Chiron:23 Aries 25 Rx
Ceres:08 Capricorn 08 Rx
Pallas:23 Scorpio 10
Juno:00 Libra 40
Vesta:23 Leo 47

Eris:25 Aries 27 Rx

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

Los Angels, California

August 11, 2024
07:00 pm GMT 12:00 PM PDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:19 Leo 35
Moon:10 Scorpio 10
Mercury:02 Virgo 12 Rx
Venus:08 Virgo 13
Mars:14 Gemini 49
Jupiter:16 Gemini 14
Saturn:18 Pisces 00 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 04
Neptune:29 Pisces 31 Rx
Pluto:00 Aquarius 25 Rx

True Lunar Node:07 Aries 42
Mean Lunar Node:09 Aries 02 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):04 Libra 48

Chiron:23 Aries 25 Rx
Ceres:08 Capricorn 07 Rx
Pallas:23 Scorpio 11
Juno:00 Libra 42
Vesta:23 Leo 50

Eris:25 Aries 27 Rx

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