4 September 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 Waxing Crescent Phase. Best seen in the west after the sun dips below the horizon at sunset. This is the first Phase after the New Moon and is a great time to see the features of the moon’s surface. The moon is close to the sun in the sky and mostly dark except for the right edge of the moon which becomes brighter as the days get closer to the next phase which is a First Quarter with a 50% illumination.

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

Today’s Waxing Crescent Phase

The Waxing Crescent on September 4 has an illumination of 2%. 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 September 4 the Moon is 1.27 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 Crescent
Illumination: 2%
Moon Age: 1.27 days
Moon Angle: 0.49
Moon Distance: 405,186.35 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 150,823,442.07 km

Source: currentplanetarypositions.com

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

4 September 2024
02:00 am GMT 12:00 PM AEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:12 Virgo 03
Moon:23 Virgo 00
Mercury:24 Leo 03
Venus:06 Libra 46
Mars:29 Gemini 33
Jupiter:19 Gemini 22
Saturn:16 Pisces 21 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 15 Rx
Neptune:28 Pisces 58 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 58 Rx

True Lunar Node:06 Aries 40 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:07 Aries 48 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):07 Libra 23

Chiron:22 Aries 53 Rx
Ceres:07 Capricorn 43
Pallas:28 Scorpio 46
Juno:08 Libra 40
Vesta:04 Virgo 46

Eris:25 Aries 20 Rx

Fire:5
Earth:6
Air:5
Water:3
Cardinal:9
Fixed:3
Mutable:7

Cape Town, South Africa

4 September 2024
10:00 am GMT 12:00 PM SAST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:12 Virgo 22
Moon:26 Virgo 57
Mercury:24 Leo 20
Venus:07 Libra 10
Mars:29 Gemini 45
Jupiter:19 Gemini 24
Saturn:16 Pisces 19 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 15 Rx
Neptune:28 Pisces 58 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 58 Rx

True Lunar Node:06 Aries 39 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:07 Aries 47 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):07 Libra 25

Chiron:22 Aries 52 Rx
Ceres:07 Capricorn 44
Pallas:28 Scorpio 51
Juno:08 Libra 47
Vesta:04 Virgo 55

Eris:25 Aries 20 Rx

Fire:5
Earth:6
Air:5
Water:3
Cardinal:9
Fixed:3
Mutable:7

Easter Island, Chile

4 September 2024
06:00 pm GMT 12:00 PM EAST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:12 Virgo 41
Moon:00 Libra 53
Mercury:24 Leo 39
Venus:07 Libra 35
Mars:29 Gemini 57
Jupiter:19 Gemini 26
Saturn:16 Pisces 17 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 15 Rx
Neptune:28 Pisces 57 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 57 Rx

True Lunar Node:06 Aries 39 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:07 Aries 46 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):07 Libra 28

Chiron:22 Aries 51 Rx
Ceres:07 Capricorn 45
Pallas:28 Scorpio 57
Juno:08 Libra 54
Vesta:05 Virgo 05

Eris:25 Aries 20 Rx

Fire:5
Earth:5
Air:6
Water:3
Cardinal:10
Fixed:3
Mutable:6