13 September 2024 Current Moon Phase and Planetary Positions for the Southern Hemisphere

Source: MoonGiant.com

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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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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.

Today’s Waxing Gibbous Phase

The Waxing Gibbous on September 13 has an illumination of 73%. 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 13 the Moon is 9.62 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 Gibbous
Illumination: 73%
Moon Age: 9.62 days
Moon Angle: 0.53
Moon Distance: 379,252.81 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 150,475,080.21 km

Source: currentplanetarypositions.com

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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

Sun:20 Virgo 47
Moon:12 Capricorn 54
Mercury:05 Virgo 54
Venus:17 Libra 46
Mars:04 Cancer 54
Jupiter:20 Gemini 13
Saturn:15 Pisces 39 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 12 Rx
Neptune:28 Pisces 44 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 50 Rx

True Lunar Node:06 Aries 44 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:07 Aries 19 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):08 Libra 23

Chiron:22 Aries 34 Rx
Ceres:08 Capricorn 24
Pallas:01 Sagittarius 23
Juno:11 Libra 50
Vesta:09 Virgo 02

Eris:25 Aries 16 Rx

Fire:5
Earth:7
Air:4
Water:3
Cardinal:11
Fixed:1
Mutable:7

Cape Town, South Africa

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

Sun:21 Virgo 07
Moon:17 Capricorn 24
Mercury:06 Virgo 27
Venus:18 Libra 11
Mars:05 Cancer 06
Jupiter:20 Gemini 15
Saturn:15 Pisces 38 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 12 Rx
Neptune:28 Pisces 43 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 50 Rx

True Lunar Node:06 Aries 43 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:07 Aries 18 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):08 Libra 25

Chiron:22 Aries 33 Rx
Ceres:08 Capricorn 26
Pallas:01 Sagittarius 29
Juno:11 Libra 57
Vesta:09 Virgo 11

Eris:25 Aries 16 Rx

Fire:5
Earth:7
Air:4
Water:3
Cardinal:11
Fixed:1
Mutable:7

Easter Island, Chile

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

Sun:21 Virgo 26
Moon:21 Capricorn 58
Mercury:07 Virgo 01
Venus:18 Libra 35
Mars:05 Cancer 18
Jupiter:20 Gemini 17
Saturn:15 Pisces 36 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 12 Rx
Neptune:28 Pisces 43 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 50 Rx

True Lunar Node:06 Aries 43 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:07 Aries 17 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):08 Libra 27

Chiron:22 Aries 33 Rx
Ceres:08 Capricorn 28
Pallas:01 Sagittarius 35
Juno:12 Libra 04
Vesta:09 Virgo 21

Eris:25 Aries 15 Rx

Fire:5
Earth:7
Air:4
Water:3
Cardinal:11
Fixed:1
Mutable:7