25 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 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 25 has an illumination of 60%. 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 25 the Moon is 21.21 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

Source: currentplanetarypositions.com

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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

Cardinal:7
Fixed:5
Mutable:7

Cape Town, South Africa

25 August 2024
10:00 am GMT 12:00 PM EAST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:02 Virgo 42
Moon:20 Taurus 08
Mercury:22 Leo 11 Rx
Venus:24 Virgo 56
Mars:23 Gemini 34
Jupiter:18 Gemini 13
Saturn:17 Pisces 04 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 14
Neptune:29 Pisces 13 Rx
Pluto:00 Aquarius 08 Rx

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

Lilith (Black Moon):06 Libra 19

Chiron:23 Aries 09 Rx
Ceres:07 Capricorn 30 Rx
Pallas:26 Scorpio 13
Juno:05 Libra 19
Vesta:00 Virgo 12

Eris:25 Aries 23 Rx

Fire:5
Earth:6
Air:5
Water:3

Cardinal:7
Fixed:5
Mutable:7

Easter Island, Chile

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