6 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

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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 5 has an illumination of 5%. 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 5 the Moon is 2.17 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: 5%
Moon Age: 2.17 days
Moon Angle: 0.49
Moon Distance: 405,489.52 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 150,786,055.36 km

Source: currentplanetarypositions.com

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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

Sun:13 Virgo 59
Moon:16 Libra 36
Mercury:25 Leo 59
Venus:09 Libra 13
Mars:00 Cancer 46
Jupiter:19 Gemini 35
Saturn:16 Pisces 11 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 15 Rx
Neptune:28 Pisces 55 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 56 Rx

True Lunar Node:06 Aries 39
Mean Lunar Node:07 Aries 41 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):07 Libra 37

Chiron:22 Aries 49 Rx
Ceres:07 Capricorn 50
Pallas:29 Scorpio 19
Juno:09 Libra 22
Vesta:05 Virgo 43

Eris:25 Aries 19 Rx

Fire:5
Earth:5
Air:5
Water:4
Cardinal:11
Fixed:3
Mutable:5

Cape Town, South Africa

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

Sun:14 Virgo 18
Moon:20 Libra 31
Mercury:26 Leo 21
Venus:09 Libra 37
Mars:00 Cancer 58
Jupiter:19 Gemini 37
Saturn:16 Pisces 10 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 15 Rx
Neptune:28 Pisces 55 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 56 Rx

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

Lilith (Black Moon):07 Libra 39

Chiron:22 Aries 48 Rx
Ceres:07 Capricorn 51
Pallas:29 Scorpio 25
Juno:09 Libra 29
Vesta:05 Virgo 52

Eris:25 Aries 19 Rx

Fire:5
Earth:5
Air:5
Water:4
Cardinal:11
Fixed:3
Mutable:5

Easter Island, Chile

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

Sun:14 Virgo 38
Moon:24 Libra 27
Mercury:26 Leo 44
Venus:10 Libra 02
Mars:01 Cancer 10
Jupiter:19 Gemini 39
Saturn:16 Pisces 08 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 15 Rx
Neptune:28 Pisces 54 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 55 Rx

True Lunar Node:06 Aries 40
Mean Lunar Node:07 Aries 39 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):07 Libra 41

Chiron:22 Aries 48 Rx
Ceres:07 Capricorn 52
Pallas:29 Scorpio 31
Juno:09 Libra 36
Vesta:06 Virgo 02

Eris:25 Aries 19 Rx

Fire:5
Earth:5
Air:5
Water:4
Cardinal:11
Fixed:3
Mutable:5