15 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.

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The Moon’s current phase for today and tonight is a Waxing Gibbous phase. Visible through most of the night sky setting a few hours before sunrise. This phase is when the moon is more than 50% illuminated but not yet a Full Moon. The phase lasts about 7 days with the moon becoming more illuminated each day until the Full Moon. This September Full Moon will be the forth and final supermoon of 2023.

During a Waxing Gibbous the moon rises in the east in mid-afternoon and is high in the eastern sky at sunset. The word Gibbous first appeared in the 14th century and has its roots in the Latin word “gibbosus” meaning humpbacked.

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

Today’s Waxing Gibbous Phase

The Waxing Gibbous on September 15 has an illumination of 90%. 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 15 the Moon is 11.77 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: 90%
Moon Age: 11.77 days
Moon Angle: 0.54
Moon Distance: 370,419.39 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 150,394,441.36 km

Source: currentplanetarypositions.com

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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

Sun:22 Virgo 44
Moon:10 Aquarius 43
Mercury:09 Virgo 20
Venus:20 Libra 13
Mars:06 Cancer 04
Jupiter:20 Gemini 23
Saturn:15 Pisces 30 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 11 Rx
Neptune:28 Pisces 41 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 49 Rx

True Lunar Node:06 Aries 41 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:07 Aries 13 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):08 Libra 36

Chiron:22 Aries 30 Rx
Ceres:08 Capricorn 36
Pallas:02 Sagittarius 00
Juno:12 Libra 32
Vesta:09 Virgo 59

Eris:25 Aries 15 Rx

Fire:5
Earth:6
Air:5
Water:3
Cardinal:10
Fixed:2
Mutable:7

Cape Town, South Africa

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

Sun:23 Virgo 03
Moon:15 Aquarius 32
Mercury:09 Virgo 55
Venus:20 Libra 37
Mars:06 Cancer 15
Jupiter:20 Gemini 25
Saturn:15 Pisces 29 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 11 Rx
Neptune:28 Pisces 40 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 48 Rx

True Lunar Node:06 Aries 40 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:07 Aries 12 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):08 Libra 39

Chiron:22 Aries 29 Rx
Ceres:08 Capricorn 38
Pallas:02 Sagittarius 06
Juno:12 Libra 39
Vesta:10 Virgo 08

Eris:25 Aries 15 Rx

Fire:5
Earth:6
Air:5
Water:3
Cardinal:10
Fixed:2
Mutable:7

Easter Island, Chile

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

Sun:23 Virgo 23
Moon:20 Aquarius 23
Mercury:10 Virgo 30
Venus:21 Libra 02
Mars:06 Cancer 27
Jupiter:20 Gemini 26
Saturn:15 Pisces 27 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 10 Rx
Neptune:28 Pisces 40 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 48 Rx

True Lunar Node:06 Aries 40 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:07 Aries 11 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):08 Libra 41

Chiron:22 Aries 28 Rx
Ceres:08 Capricorn 41
Pallas:02 Sagittarius 12
Juno:12 Libra 46
Vesta:10 Virgo 18

Eris:25 Aries 14 Rx

Fire:5
Earth:6
Air:5
Water:3
Cardinal:10
Fixed:2
Mutable:7