20 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 Waning Gibbous. During this phase the Moon can be seen in the early morning daylight hours on the western horizon. This is the first phase after the Full Moon occurs. It lasts roughly 7 days with the Moon’s illumination growing smaller each day until the Moon becomes a Last Quarter Moon with an illumination of 50%. The average Moon rise for this phase is between 9pm and Midnight depending on the age of the phase. The moon rises later and later each night setting after sunrise in the morning.

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

Today’s Waning Gibbous Phase

The Waning Gibbous on September 20 has an illumination of 91%. 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 20 the Moon is 17.55 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: Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 91%
Moon Age: 17.55 days
Moon Angle: 0.55
Moon Distance: 364,720.22 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 150,188,779.86 km

Source: currentplanetarypositions.com

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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

Sun:27 Virgo 37
Moon:25 Aries 37
Mercury:18 Virgo 25
Venus:26 Libra 19
Mars:08 Cancer 55
Jupiter:20 Gemini 44
Saturn:15 Pisces 08 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 07 Rx
Neptune:28 Pisces 32 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 45 Rx

True Lunar Node:06 Aries 37
Mean Lunar Node:06 Aries 57 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):09 Libra 10

Chiron:22 Aries 18 Rx
Ceres:09 Capricorn 13
Pallas:03 Sagittarius 34
Juno:14 Libra 18
Vesta:12 Virgo 21

Eris:25 Aries 12 Rx

Fire:6
Earth:6
Air:4
Water:3
Cardinal:11
Fixed:1
Mutable:7

Cape Town, South Africa

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

Sun:27 Virgo 56
Moon:00 Taurus 36
Mercury:19 Virgo 02
Venus:26 Libra 43
Mars:09 Cancer 06
Jupiter:20 Gemini 45
Saturn:15 Pisces 06 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 07 Rx
Neptune:28 Pisces 32 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 45 Rx

True Lunar Node:06 Aries 37
Mean Lunar Node:06 Aries 56 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):09 Libra 12

Chiron:22 Aries 17 Rx
Ceres:09 Capricorn 16
Pallas:03 Sagittarius 40
Juno:14 Libra 26
Vesta:12 Virgo 31

Eris:25 Aries 12 Rx

Fire:5
Earth:7
Air:4
Water:3
Cardinal:10
Fixed:2
Mutable:7

Easter Island, Chile

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

Sun:28 Virgo 16
Moon:05 Taurus 33
Mercury:19 Virgo 40
Venus:27 Libra 08
Mars:09 Cancer 17
Jupiter:20 Gemini 46
Saturn:15 Pisces 05 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 06 Rx
Neptune:28 Pisces 31 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 45 Rx

True Lunar Node:06 Aries 38
Mean Lunar Node:06 Aries 55 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):09 Libra 14

Chiron:22 Aries 16 Rx
Ceres:09 Capricorn 18
Pallas:03 Sagittarius 46
Juno:14 Libra 33
Vesta:12 Virgo 40

Eris:25 Aries 12 Rx

Fire:5
Earth:7
Air:4
Water:3
Cardinal:10
Fixed:2
Mutable:7