24 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  Moon will be in 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 24 has an illumination of 71%. 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 24 the Moon is 20.13 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: 71%
Moon Age: 20.13 days
Moon Angle: 0.54
Moon Distance: 365,957.60 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 151,208,323.30 km

Source: currentplanetarypositions.com

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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

Sun:01 Virgo 25
Moon:01 Taurus 12
Mercury:22 Leo 52 Rx
Venus:23 Virgo 18
Mars:22 Gemini 44
Jupiter:18 Gemini 02
Saturn:17 Pisces 10 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 14
Neptune:29 Pisces 15 Rx
Pluto:00 Aquarius 10 Rx

True Lunar Node:07 Aries 06
Mean Lunar Node:08 Aries 23 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):06 Libra 10

Chiron:23 Aries 11 Rx
Ceres:07 Capricorn 30 Rx
Pallas:25 Scorpio 53
Juno:04 Libra 52
Vesta:29 Leo 35

Eris:25 Aries 24 Rx

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

Cape Town, South Africa

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

Sun:01 Virgo 44
Moon:05 Taurus 59
Mercury:22 Leo 40 Rx
Venus:23 Virgo 42
Mars:22 Gemini 57
Jupiter:18 Gemini 05
Saturn:17 Pisces 08 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 14
Neptune:29 Pisces 14 Rx
Pluto:00 Aquarius 09 Rx

True Lunar Node:07 Aries 06
Mean Lunar Node:08 Aries 22 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):06 Libra 12

Chiron:23 Aries 11 Rx
Ceres:07 Capricorn 30 Rx
Pallas:25 Scorpio 58
Juno:04 Libra 59
Vesta:29 Leo 44

Eris:25 Aries 24 Rx

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

Easter Island, Chile

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

Sun:02 Virgo 03
Moon:10 Taurus 45
Mercury:22 Leo 30 Rx
Venus:24 Virgo 07
Mars:23 Gemini 09
Jupiter:18 Gemini 08
Saturn:17 Pisces 07 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 14
Neptune:29 Pisces 14 Rx
Pluto:00 Aquarius 09 Rx

True Lunar Node:07 Aries 07
Mean Lunar Node:08 Aries 20 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):06 Libra 15

Chiron:23 Aries 10 Rx
Ceres:07 Capricorn 30 Rx
Pallas:26 Scorpio 03
Juno:05 Libra 06
Vesta:29 Leo 53

Eris:25 Aries 24 Rx

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