17 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

Check the weather before a night of Moon gazing at weather.com

For a list of all the current meteor showers visit American Meteor Society

The Moon’s current phase for today and tonight is a Full Moon phase. The Moon will be visible throughout the night sky rising at sunset in the east and setting with the sunrise the next morning in the west. During a Full Moon the moon is 100% illuminated as seen from Earth and is on the opposite side of the Earth from the Sun. The point at which a Full Moon occurs can be measured down to a fraction of a second. The time it takes between full moons is known as a Synodic month and is 29.530587981 days long. Keep track of all the Full Moons throughout the year on the Full Moon Calendar >

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

Today’s Full Moon Phase

The Full Moon on October 17 has an illumination of 100%. 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 17 the Moon is 14.99 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

Source: currentplanetarypositions.com

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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

Sun:24 Libra 12
Moon:18 Aries 36
Mercury:05 Scorpio 12
Venus:29 Scorpio 07
Mars:22 Cancer 44
Jupiter:21 Gemini 14 Rx
Saturn:13 Pisces 26 Rx
Uranus:26 Taurus 27 Rx
Neptune:27 Pisces 49 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 39

True Lunar Node:06 Aries 37 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:05 Aries 31 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):12 Libra 09

Chiron:21 Aries 06 Rx
Ceres:14 Capricorn 22
Pallas:12 Sagittarius 50
Juno:23 Libra 55
Vesta:25 Virgo 11

Eris:24 Aries 57 Rx

Fire:6
Earth:4
Air:4
Water:5

Cardinal:11
Fixed:3
Mutable:5

Cape Town, South Africa

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

Sun:24 Libra 31
Moon:23 Aries 41
Mercury:05 Scorpio 43
Venus:29 Scorpio 31
Mars:22 Cancer 53
Jupiter:21 Gemini 14 Rx
Saturn:13 Pisces 25 Rx
Uranus:26 Taurus 26 Rx
Neptune:27 Pisces 49 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 39

True Lunar Node:06 Aries 37 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:05 Aries 30 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):12 Libra 11

Chiron:21 Aries 05 Rx
Ceres:14 Capricorn 27
Pallas:12 Sagittarius 57
Juno:24 Libra 02
Vesta:25 Virgo 21

Eris:24 Aries 56 Rx

Fire:6
Earth:4
Air:4
Water:5

Cardinal:11
Fixed:3
Mutable:5

Easter Island, Chile

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

Sun:24 Libra 51
Moon:28 Aries 44
Mercury:06 Scorpio 14
Venus:29 Scorpio 56
Mars:23 Cancer 02
Jupiter:21 Gemini 13 Rx
Saturn:13 Pisces 24 Rx
Uranus:26 Taurus 25 Rx
Neptune:27 Pisces 49 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 39

True Lunar Node:06 Aries 37 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:05 Aries 29 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):12 Libra 13

Chiron:21 Aries 04 Rx
Ceres:14 Capricorn 32
Pallas:13 Sagittarius 05
Juno:24 Libra 09
Vesta:25 Virgo 30

Eris:24 Aries 56 Rx

Fire:6
Earth:4
Air:4
Water:5

Cardinal:11
Fixed:3
Mutable:5