8 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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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 8 has an illumination of 24%. 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 8 the Moon is 4.85 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

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

Sun:15 Virgo 55
Moon:10 Scorpio 13
Mercury:28 Leo 22
Venus:11 Libra 40
Mars:01 Cancer 57
Jupiter:19 Gemini 46
Saturn:16 Pisces 02 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 14 Rx
Neptune:28 Pisces 52 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 54 Rx

True Lunar Node:06 Aries 42
Mean Lunar Node:07 Aries 35 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):07 Libra 50

Chiron:22 Aries 45 Rx
Ceres:07 Capricorn 58
Pallas:29 Scorpio 54
Juno:10 Libra 04
Vesta:06 Virgo 39

Eris:25 Aries 18 Rx

Fire:5
Earth:5
Air:4
Water:5

Cardinal:10
Fixed:4
Mutable:5

Cape Town, South Africa

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

Sun:16 Virgo 15
Moon:14 Scorpio 12
Mercury:28 Leo 49
Venus:12 Libra 04
Mars:02 Cancer 09
Jupiter:19 Gemini 48
Saturn:16 Pisces 01 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 14 Rx
Neptune:28 Pisces 52 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 54 Rx

True Lunar Node:06 Aries 42
Mean Lunar Node:07 Aries 34 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):07 Libra 52

Chiron:22 Aries 44 Rx
Ceres:07 Capricorn 59
Pallas:00 Sagittarius 00
Juno:10 Libra 11
Vesta:06 Virgo 49

Eris:25 Aries 18 Rx

Fire:6
Earth:5
Air:4
Water:4

Cardinal:10
Fixed:3
Mutable:6

Easter Island, Chile

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

Sun:16 Virgo 34
Moon:18 Scorpio 11
Mercury:29 Leo 16
Venus:12 Libra 28
Mars:02 Cancer 21
Jupiter:19 Gemini 50
Saturn:15 Pisces 59 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 14 Rx
Neptune:28 Pisces 51 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 54 Rx

True Lunar Node:06 Aries 43
Mean Lunar Node:07 Aries 33 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):07 Libra 54

Chiron:22 Aries 43 Rx
Ceres:08 Capricorn 01
Pallas:00 Sagittarius 06
Juno:10 Libra 18
Vesta:06 Virgo 58

Eris:25 Aries 18 Rx

Fire:6
Earth:5
Air:4
Water:4

Cardinal:10
Fixed:3
Mutable:6