21 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

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The Moon’s current phase for today and tonight is a Waning Gibbous. During this phase the Moon can be seen in the early morning daylight hours on the western horizon. This is the first phase after the Full Moon occurs. It lasts roughly 7 days with the Moon’s illumination growing smaller each day until the Moon becomes a Last Quarter Moon with an illumination of 50%. The average Moon rise for this phase is between 9pm and Midnight depending on the age of the phase. The moon rises later and later each night setting after sunrise in the morning.

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

Today’s Waning Gibbous Phase

The Waning Gibbous on August 21 has an illumination of 96%. 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 21 the Moon is 16.75 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: Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 96%
Moon Age: 16.75 days
Moon Angle: 0.55
Moon Distance: 363,776.63 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 151,303,880.12 km

Source: currentplanetarypositions.com

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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

Sun:28 Leo 31
Moon:16 Pisces 55
Mercury:24 Leo 56 Rx
Venus:19 Virgo 37
Mars:20 Gemini 50
Jupiter:17 Gemini 37
Saturn:17 Pisces 23 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 12
Neptune:29 Pisces 19 Rx
Pluto:00 Aquarius 13 Rx

True Lunar Node:07 Aries 06 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:08 Aries 32 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):05 Libra 50

Chiron:23 Aries 15 Rx
Ceres:07 Capricorn 34 Rx
Pallas:25 Scorpio 10
Juno:03 Libra 50
Vesta:28 Leo 10

Eris:25 Aries 25 Rx

Fire:7
Earth:3
Air:5
Water:4
Cardinal:7
Fixed:6
Mutable:6

Cape Town, South Africa

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

Sun:28 Leo 50
Moon:21 Pisces 54
Mercury:24 Leo 41 Rx
Venus:20 Virgo 02
Mars:21 Gemini 02
Jupiter:17 Gemini 40
Saturn:17 Pisces 21 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 12
Neptune:29 Pisces 19 Rx
Pluto:00 Aquarius 13 Rx

True Lunar Node:07 Aries 05 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:08 Aries 31 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):05 Libra 52

Chiron:23 Aries 15 Rx
Ceres:07 Capricorn 34 Rx
Pallas:25 Scorpio 15
Juno:03 Libra 57
Vesta:28 Leo 20

Eris:25 Aries 25 Rx

Fire:7
Earth:3
Air:5
Water:4
Cardinal:7
Fixed:6
Mutable:6

Easter Island, Chile

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

Sun:29 Leo 10
Moon:26 Pisces 53
Mercury:24 Leo 25 Rx
Venus:20 Virgo 26
Mars:21 Gemini 15
Jupiter:17 Gemini 43
Saturn:17 Pisces 20 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 12
Neptune:29 Pisces 18 Rx
Pluto:00 Aquarius 12 Rx

True Lunar Node:07 Aries 05 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:08 Aries 30 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):05 Libra 55

Chiron:23 Aries 14 Rx
Ceres:07 Capricorn 33 Rx
Pallas:25 Scorpio 20
Juno:04 Libra 04
Vesta:28 Leo 29

Eris:25 Aries 25 Rx

Fire:7
Earth:3
Air:5
Water:4
Cardinal:7
Fixed:6
Mutable:6