August 13, 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 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 13 has an illumination of 59%. 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 13 the Moon is 8.2 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: 59%
Moon Age: 8.20 days
Moon Angle: 0.50
Moon Distance: 395,227.72 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 151,536,105.55 km

Source: currentplanetarypositions.com

London, England

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

Sun:21 Leo 11
Moon:00 Sagittarius 31
Mercury:01 Virgo 09 Rx
Venus:10 Virgo 16
Mars:15 Gemini 54
Jupiter:16 Gemini 29
Saturn:17 Pisces 53 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 06
Neptune:29 Pisces 29 Rx
Pluto:00 Aquarius 23 Rx

True Lunar Node:07 Aries 42 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:08 Aries 56 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):05 Libra 00

Chiron:23 Aries 24 Rx
Ceres:07 Capricorn 59 Rx
Pallas:23 Scorpio 31
Juno:01 Libra 15
Vesta:24 Leo 36

Eris:25 Aries 27 Rx

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

Chicago, Illinois

August 13, 2024
05:00 pm GMT 12:00 PM CDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:21 Leo 26
Moon:03 Sagittarius 38
Mercury:00 Virgo 58 Rx
Venus:10 Virgo 34
Mars:16 Gemini 04
Jupiter:16 Gemini 32
Saturn:17 Pisces 52 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 06
Neptune:29 Pisces 29 Rx
Pluto:00 Aquarius 23 Rx

True Lunar Node:07 Aries 41 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:08 Aries 56 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):05 Libra 01

Chiron:23 Aries 24 Rx
Ceres:07 Capricorn 58 Rx
Pallas:23 Scorpio 34
Juno:01 Libra 20
Vesta:24 Leo 43

Eris:25 Aries 27 Rx

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

Los Angels, California

August 13, 2024
07:00 pm GMT 12:00 PM PDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:21 Leo 31
Moon:04 Sagittarius 41
Mercury:00 Virgo 55 Rx
Venus:10 Virgo 40
Mars:16 Gemini 07
Jupiter:16 Gemini 33
Saturn:17 Pisces 52 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 06
Neptune:29 Pisces 29 Rx
Pluto:00 Aquarius 22 Rx

True Lunar Node:07 Aries 41 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:08 Aries 55 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):05 Libra 02

Chiron:23 Aries 23 Rx
Ceres:07 Capricorn 57 Rx
Pallas:23 Scorpio 35
Juno:01 Libra 22
Vesta:24 Leo 46

Eris:25 Aries 27 Rx

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