September 10, 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 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 10 has an illumination of 43%. 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 10 the Moon is 6.68 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: 43%
Moon Age: 6.68 days
Moon Angle: 0.51
Moon Distance: 393,510.70 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 150,594,007.33 km

Source: currentplanetarypositions.com

London, England

10 September 2024
11:00 am GMT 12:00 PM BST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:18 Virgo 14
Moon:09 Sagittarius 01
Mercury:01 Virgo 43
Venus:14 Libra 34
Mars:03 Cancer 22
Jupiter:20 Gemini 00
Saturn:15 Pisces 51 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 13 Rx
Neptune:28 Pisces 48 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 52 Rx

True Lunar Node:06 Aries 45
Mean Lunar Node:07 Aries 27 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):08 Libra 06

Chiron:22 Aries 40 Rx
Ceres:08 Capricorn 09
Pallas:00 Sagittarius 36
Juno:10 Libra 55
Vesta:07 Virgo 47

Eris:25 Aries 17 Rx

Fire:6
Earth:6
Air:4
Water:3
Cardinal:10
Fixed:1
Mutable:8

Chicago, Illinois

September 10, 2024
07:00 pm GMT 12:00 PM CDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:18 Virgo 33
Moon:13 Sagittarius 11
Mercury:02 Virgo 13
Venus:14 Libra 58
Mars:03 Cancer 34
Jupiter:20 Gemini 02
Saturn:15 Pisces 50 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 13 Rx
Neptune:28 Pisces 48 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 52 Rx

True Lunar Node:06 Aries 45
Mean Lunar Node:07 Aries 26 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):08 Libra 08

Chiron:22 Aries 39 Rx
Ceres:08 Capricorn 11
Pallas:00 Sagittarius 42
Juno:11 Libra 02
Vesta:07 Virgo 56

Eris:25 Aries 17 Rx

Fire:6
Earth:6
Air:4
Water:3
Cardinal:10
Fixed:1
Mutable:8

Los Angels, California

September 10, 2024
07:00 pm GMT 12:00 PM PDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:18 Virgo 33
Moon:13 Sagittarius 11
Mercury:02 Virgo 13
Venus:14 Libra 58
Mars:03 Cancer 34
Jupiter:20 Gemini 02
Saturn:15 Pisces 50 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 13 Rx
Neptune:28 Pisces 48 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 52 Rx

True Lunar Node:06 Aries 45
Mean Lunar Node:07 Aries 26 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):08 Libra 08

Chiron:22 Aries 39 Rx
Ceres:08 Capricorn 11
Pallas:00 Sagittarius 42
Juno:11 Libra 02
Vesta:07 Virgo 56

Eris:25 Aries 17 Rx

Fire:6
Earth:6
Air:4
Water:3
Cardinal:10
Fixed:1
Mutable:8