5 October 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 Waxing Crescent Phase. Best seen in the west after the sun dips below the horizon at sunset. This is the first Phase after the New Moon and is a great time to see the features of the moon’s surface. The moon is close to the sun in the sky and mostly dark except for the right edge of the moon which becomes brighter as the days get closer to the next phase which is a First Quarter with a 50% illumination.

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

Today’s Waxing Crescent Phase

The Waxing Crescent on October 5 has an illumination of 7%. 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 October 5 the Moon is 2.43 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 Crescent
Illumination: 7%
Moon Age: 2.43 days
Moon Angle: 0.50
Moon Distance: 402,152.17 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 149,550,219.11 km

Source: currentplanetarypositions.com

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

5 October 2024
02:00 am GMT 12:00 PM AEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:12 Libra 20
Moon:07 Scorpio 14
Mercury:15 Libra 32
Venus:14 Scorpio 34
Mars:16 Cancer 58
Jupiter:21 Gemini 18
Saturn:14 Pisces 06 Rx
Uranus:26 Taurus 48 Rx
Neptune:28 Pisces 08 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 39 Rx

True Lunar Node:06 Aries 38 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:06 Aries 09 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):10 Libra 49

Chiron:21 Aries 39 Rx
Ceres:11 Capricorn 43
Pallas:08 Sagittarius 34
Juno:19 Libra 38
Vesta:19 Virgo 29

Eris:25 Aries 04 Rx

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

Cape Town, South Africa

5 October 2024
10:00 am GMT 12:00 PM SAST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:12 Libra 39
Moon:11 Scorpio 12
Mercury:16 Libra 06
Venus:14 Scorpio 59
Mars:17 Cancer 08
Jupiter:21 Gemini 19
Saturn:14 Pisces 04 Rx
Uranus:26 Taurus 48 Rx
Neptune:28 Pisces 07 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 39 Rx

True Lunar Node:06 Aries 38 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:06 Aries 08 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):10 Libra 51

Chiron:21 Aries 38 Rx
Ceres:11 Capricorn 47
Pallas:08 Sagittarius 41
Juno:19 Libra 46
Vesta:19 Virgo 39

Eris:25 Aries 04 Rx

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

Easter Island, Chile

5 October 2024
06:00 pm GMT 12:00 PM EAST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:12 Libra 59
Moon:15 Scorpio 10
Mercury:16 Libra 40
Venus:15 Scorpio 23
Mars:17 Cancer 18
Jupiter:21 Gemini 19
Saturn:14 Pisces 03 Rx
Uranus:26 Taurus 47 Rx
Neptune:28 Pisces 07 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 39 Rx

True Lunar Node:06 Aries 38 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:06 Aries 07 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):10 Libra 54

Chiron:21 Aries 37 Rx
Ceres:11 Capricorn 51
Pallas:08 Sagittarius 48
Juno:19 Libra 53
Vesta:19 Virgo 48

Eris:25 Aries 03 Rx

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