September 19, 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 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 19 has an illumination of 97%. 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 19 the Moon is 16.39 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: 97%
Moon Age: 16.39 days
Moon Angle: 0.55
Moon Distance: 363,465.33 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 150,230,329.59 km

 

Source: currentplanetarypositions.com

London, England

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

Sun:27 Virgo 00
Moon:16 Aries 12
Mercury:17 Virgo 16
Venus:25 Libra 33
Mars:08 Cancer 34
Jupiter:20 Gemini 41
Saturn:15 Pisces 10 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 07 Rx
Neptune:28 Pisces 33 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 46 Rx

True Lunar Node:06 Aries 37
Mean Lunar Node:06 Aries 59 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):09 Libra 05

Chiron:22 Aries 19 Rx
Ceres:09 Capricorn 08
Pallas:03 Sagittarius 22
Juno:14 Libra 05
Vesta:12 Virgo 03

Eris:25 Aries 12 Rx

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

Chicago, Illinois

September 19, 2024
05:00 pm GMT 12:00 PM CDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:27 Virgo 15
Moon:19 Aries 58
Mercury:17 Virgo 44
Venus:25 Libra 51
Mars:08 Cancer 42
Jupiter:20 Gemini 42
Saturn:15 Pisces 09 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 07 Rx
Neptune:28 Pisces 33 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 46 Rx

True Lunar Node:06 Aries 37
Mean Lunar Node:06 Aries 58 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):09 Libra 07

Chiron:22 Aries 19 Rx
Ceres:09 Capricorn 10
Pallas:03 Sagittarius 26
Juno:14 Libra 11
Vesta:12 Virgo 10

Eris:25 Aries 12 Rx

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

Los Angels, California

September 19, 2024
07:00 pm GMT 12:00 PM PDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:27 Virgo 19
Moon:21 Aries 14
Mercury:17 Virgo 53
Venus:25 Libra 57
Mars:08 Cancer 45
Jupiter:20 Gemini 43
Saturn:15 Pisces 09 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 07 Rx
Neptune:28 Pisces 33 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 45 Rx

True Lunar Node:06 Aries 37
Mean Lunar Node:06 Aries 58 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):09 Libra 08

Chiron:22 Aries 19 Rx
Ceres:09 Capricorn 10
Pallas:03 Sagittarius 28
Juno:14 Libra 12
Vesta:12 Virgo 13

Eris:25 Aries 12 Rx

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