22 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 22 has an illumination of 74%. 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 22 the Moon is 19.77 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: Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 74%
Moon Age: 19.77 days
Moon Angle: 0.54
Moon Distance: 370,487.99 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 150,105,137.90 km

Source: currentplanetarypositions.com

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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

Sun:29 Virgo 34
Moon:25 Taurus 00
Mercury:22 Virgo 08
Venus:28 Libra 45
Mars:10 Cancer 02
Jupiter:20 Gemini 51
Saturn:14 Pisces 59 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 05 Rx
Neptune:28 Pisces 29 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 44 Rx

True Lunar Node:06 Aries 38
Mean Lunar Node:06 Aries 50 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):09 Libra 23

Chiron:22 Aries 13 Rx
Ceres:09 Capricorn 29
Pallas:04 Sagittarius 12
Juno:15 Libra 01
Vesta:13 Virgo 18

Eris:25 Aries 11 Rx

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

Cape Town, South Africa

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

Sun:29 Virgo 53
Moon:29 Taurus 46
Mercury:22 Virgo 45
Venus:29 Libra 09
Mars:10 Cancer 13
Jupiter:20 Gemini 52
Saturn:14 Pisces 57 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 05 Rx
Neptune:28 Pisces 29 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 44 Rx

True Lunar Node:06 Aries 39
Mean Lunar Node:06 Aries 49 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):09 Libra 25

Chiron:22 Aries 12 Rx
Ceres:09 Capricorn 32
Pallas:04 Sagittarius 19
Juno:15 Libra 08
Vesta:13 Virgo 28

Eris:25 Aries 11 Rx

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

Easter Island, Chile

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

Sun:00 Libra 13
Moon:04 Gemini 28
Mercury:23 Virgo 23
Venus:29 Libra 34
Mars:10 Cancer 24
Jupiter:20 Gemini 53
Saturn:14 Pisces 56 Rx
Uranus:27 Taurus 04 Rx
Neptune:28 Pisces 28 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 44 Rx

True Lunar Node:06 Aries 39
Mean Lunar Node:06 Aries 48 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):09 Libra 27

Chiron:22 Aries 11 Rx
Ceres:09 Capricorn 35
Pallas:04 Sagittarius 25
Juno:15 Libra 15
Vesta:13 Virgo 37

Eris:25 Aries 11 Rx

Fire:5
Earth:5
Air:6
Water:3
Cardinal:11
Fixed:1
Mutable:7