19 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.

Useful Moon Resources

Check the weather before a night of Moon gazing at weather.com

For a list of all the current meteor showers visit American Meteor Society

The Moon’s current phase for today and tonight is a  Full Moon phase. The Moon will be visible throughout the night sky rising at sunset in the east and setting with the sunrise the next morning in the west. During a Full Moon the moon is 100% illuminated as seen from Earth and is on the opposite side of the Earth from the Sun. The point at which a Full Moon occurs can be measured down to a fraction of a second. The time it takes between full moons is known as a Synodic month and is 29.530587981 days long. Keep track of all the Full Moons throughout the year on the Full Moon Calendar >

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

Today’s Full Moon Phase

The Full Moon on August 19 has an illumination of 100%. 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 19 the Moon is 14.45 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: Full Moon
Illumination: 100%
Moon Age: 14.45 days
Moon Angle: 0.54
Moon Distance: 368,219.80 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 151,365,100.57 km

Source: currentplanetarypositions.com

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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

Sun:26 Leo 36
Moon:17 Aquarius 07
Mercury:26 Leo 36 Rx
Venus:17 Virgo 10
Mars:19 Gemini 33
Jupiter:17 Gemini 20
Saturn:17 Pisces 31 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 11
Neptune:29 Pisces 22 Rx
Pluto:00 Aquarius 16 Rx

True Lunar Node:07 Aries 14 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:08 Aries 38 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):05 Libra 37

Chiron:23 Aries 18 Rx
Ceres:07 Capricorn 39 Rx
Pallas:24 Scorpio 43
Juno:03 Libra 09
Vesta:27 Leo 14

Eris:25 Aries 25 Rx

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

Cape Town, South Africa

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

Sun:26 Leo 55
Moon:22 Aquarius 03
Mercury:26 Leo 19 Rx
Venus:17 Virgo 34
Mars:19 Gemini 46
Jupiter:17 Gemini 23
Saturn:17 Pisces 29 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 11
Neptune:29 Pisces 21 Rx
Pluto:00 Aquarius 15 Rx

True Lunar Node:07 Aries 12 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:08 Aries 37 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):05 Libra 39

Chiron:23 Aries 17 Rx
Ceres:07 Capricorn 38 Rx
Pallas:24 Scorpio 47
Juno:03 Libra 16
Vesta:27 Leo 23

Eris:25 Aries 25 Rx

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

Easter Island, Chile

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

Sun:27 Leo 14
Moon:26 Aquarius 59
Mercury:26 Leo 02 Rx
Venus:17 Virgo 59
Mars:19 Gemini 59
Jupiter:17 Gemini 26
Saturn:17 Pisces 28 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 11
Neptune:29 Pisces 21 Rx
Pluto:00 Aquarius 15 Rx

True Lunar Node:07 Aries 10 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:08 Aries 36 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):05 Libra 41

Chiron:23 Aries 17 Rx
Ceres:07 Capricorn 37 Rx
Pallas:24 Scorpio 52
Juno:03 Libra 23
Vesta:27 Leo 33

Eris:25 Aries 25 Rx

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