August 24, 2024 Current Moon Phase and Planetary Positions for the Northern Hemispheres

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 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

London, England

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

Sun:01 Virgo 46
Moon:06 Taurus 35
Mercury:22 Leo 39 Rx
Venus:23 Virgo 45
Mars:22 Gemini 58
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 21 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):06 Libra 13

Chiron:23 Aries 11 Rx
Ceres:07 Capricorn 30 Rx
Pallas:25 Scorpio 58
Juno:05 Libra 00
Vesta:29 Leo 45

Eris:25 Aries 24 Rx

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

Chicago, Illinois

August 24, 2024
05:00 pm GMT 12:00 PM CDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:02 Virgo 01
Moon:10 Taurus 09
Mercury:22 Leo 31 Rx
Venus:24 Virgo 04
Mars:23 Gemini 08
Jupiter:18 Gemini 07
Saturn:17 Pisces 07 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 21 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):06 Libra 14

Chiron:23 Aries 10 Rx
Ceres:07 Capricorn 30 Rx
Pallas:26 Scorpio 02
Juno:05 Libra 05
Vesta:29 Leo 52

Eris:25 Aries 24 Rx

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

Los Angels, California

August 24, 2024
07:00 pm GMT 12:00 PM PDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:02 Virgo 05
Moon:11 Taurus 20
Mercury:22 Leo 29 Rx
Venus:24 Virgo 10
Mars:23 Gemini 11
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 55

Eris:25 Aries 24 Rx

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