August 18, 2024 Current Moon Phase and Planetary Positions for the Northern Hemispheres

Source: nineplanets.org

The Moon’s current phase for today and tonight is a Waxing Gibbous phase. Visible through most of the night sky setting a few hours before sunrise. This phase is when the moon is more than 50% illuminated but not yet a Full Moon. The phase lasts about 7 days with the moon becoming more illuminated each day until the Full Moon. This September Full Moon will be the forth and final supermoon of 2023.

During a Waxing Gibbous the moon rises in the east in mid-afternoon and is high in the eastern sky at sunset. The word Gibbous first appeared in the 14th century and has its roots in the Latin word “gibbosus” meaning humpbacked.

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

Today’s Waxing Gibbous Phase

The Waxing Gibbous on August 18 has an illumination of 98%. 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 18 the Moon is 13.32 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: 98%
Moon Age: 13.32 days
Moon Angle: 0.54
Moon Distance: 371,918.98 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 151,394,940.01 km

Source: currentplanetarypositions.com

London, England

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

Sun:26 Leo 00
Moon:07 Aquarius 59
Mercury:27 Leo 08 Rx
Venus:16 Virgo 24
Mars:19 Gemini 09
Jupiter:17 Gemini 15
Saturn:17 Pisces 33 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 10
Neptune:29 Pisces 23 Rx
Pluto:00 Aquarius 17 Rx

True Lunar Node:07 Aries 18 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:08 Aries 40 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):05 Libra 33

Chiron:23 Aries 19 Rx
Ceres:07 Capricorn 40 Rx
Pallas:24 Scorpio 35
Juno:02 Libra 57
Vesta:26 Leo 56

Eris:25 Aries 26 Rx

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

Chicago, Illinois

August 18, 2024
05:00 pm GMT 12:00 PM CDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:26 Leo 14
Moon:11 Aquarius 37
Mercury:26 Leo 55 Rx
Venus:16 Virgo 42
Mars:19 Gemini 18
Jupiter:17 Gemini 17
Saturn:17 Pisces 32 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 10
Neptune:29 Pisces 22 Rx
Pluto:00 Aquarius 16 Rx

True Lunar Node:07 Aries 16 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:08 Aries 40 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):05 Libra 34

Chiron:23 Aries 18 Rx
Ceres:07 Capricorn 40 Rx
Pallas:24 Scorpio 38
Juno:03 Libra 02
Vesta:27 Leo 03

Eris:25 Aries 26 Rx

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

Los Angels, California

August 18, 2024
07:00 pm GMT 12:00 PM PDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:26 Leo 19
Moon:12 Aquarius 50
Mercury:26 Leo 50 Rx
Venus:16 Virgo 48
Mars:19 Gemini 22
Jupiter:17 Gemini 18
Saturn:17 Pisces 32 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 11
Neptune:29 Pisces 22 Rx
Pluto:00 Aquarius 16 Rx

True Lunar Node:07 Aries 15 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:08 Aries 39 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):05 Libra 35

Chiron:23 Aries 18 Rx
Ceres:07 Capricorn 40 Rx
Pallas:24 Scorpio 39
Juno:03 Libra 03
Vesta:27 Leo 06

Eris:25 Aries 26 Rx

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