14 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 First Quarter phase. This phase occurs roughly 7 days after the New Moon when the moon is one quarter of the way through its orbit around the earth. Exactly half the moon will be illuminated and half dark. On the day of the First Quarter phase the moon is high overhead at sunset and is visible until mid-night when it sets in the west. The First Quarter phase is a one-day event and in the following days enters a Waxing Gibbous phase becoming more illuminated each day until the Full Moon.

Visit the August 2024 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s First Quarter Phase

The Waxing Gibbous on August 14 has an illumination of 68%. 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 14 the Moon is 9.15 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 Gibbous
Illumination: 68%
Moon Age: 9.15 days
Moon Angle: 0.51
Moon Distance: 390,847.24 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 151,508,969.42 km

Source: currentplanetarypositions.com

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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

Sun:21 Leo 47
Moon:08 Sagittarius 22
Mercury:00 Virgo 42 Rx
Venus:11 Virgo 02
Mars:16 Gemini 19
Jupiter:16 Gemini 35
Saturn:17 Pisces 51 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 07
Neptune:29 Pisces 28 Rx
Pluto:00 Aquarius 22 Rx

True Lunar Node:07 Aries 41 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:08 Aries 54 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):05 Libra 04

Chiron:23 Aries 23 Rx
Ceres:07 Capricorn 56 Rx
Pallas:23 Scorpio 39
Juno:01 Libra 28
Vesta:24 Leo 54

Eris:25 Aries 27 Rx

Fire:7
Earth:4
Air:5
Water:3
Cardinal:7
Fixed:5
Mutable:7

Cape Town, South Africa

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

Sun:22 Leo 07
Moon:12 Sagittarius 37
Mercury:00 Virgo 27 Rx
Venus:11 Virgo 26
Mars:16 Gemini 32
Jupiter:16 Gemini 38
Saturn:17 Pisces 50 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 07
Neptune:29 Pisces 28 Rx
Pluto:00 Aquarius 22 Rx

True Lunar Node:07 Aries 40 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:08 Aries 53 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):05 Libra 06

Chiron:23 Aries 23 Rx
Ceres:07 Capricorn 55 Rx
Pallas:23 Scorpio 43
Juno:01 Libra 35
Vesta:25 Leo 03

Eris:25 Aries 27 Rx

Fire:7
Earth:4
Air:5
Water:3
Cardinal:7
Fixed:5
Mutable:7

Easter Island, Chile

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

Sun:22 Leo 26
Moon:16 Sagittarius 55
Mercury:00 Virgo 12 Rx
Venus:11 Virgo 51
Mars:16 Gemini 45
Jupiter:16 Gemini 41
Saturn:17 Pisces 48 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 07
Neptune:29 Pisces 27 Rx
Pluto:00 Aquarius 21 Rx

True Lunar Node:07 Aries 39 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:08 Aries 52 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):05 Libra 08

Chiron:23 Aries 22 Rx
Ceres:07 Capricorn 53 Rx
Pallas:23 Scorpio 47
Juno:01 Libra 42
Vesta:25 Leo 12

Eris:25 Aries 27 Rx

Fire:7
Earth:4
Air:5
Water:3
Cardinal:7
Fixed:5
Mutable:7