4 November 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 November 2024 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Waxing Crescent Phase

The Waxing Crescent on November 4 has an illumination of 10%. 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 November 4 the Moon is 2.96 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: 10%
Moon Age: 2.96 days
Moon Angle: 0.51
Moon Distance: 392,609.27 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 148,308,184.53 km

Source: currentplanetarypositions.com

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

4 November 2024
01:00 am GMT 12:00 PM AEDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:12 Scorpio 06
Moon:10 Sagittarius 04
Mercury:01 Sagittarius 43
Venus:20 Sagittarius 45
Mars:29 Cancer 57
Jupiter:20 Gemini 15 Rx
Saturn:12 Pisces 49 Rx
Uranus:25 Taurus 47 Rx
Neptune:27 Pisces 27 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 46

True Lunar Node:06 Aries 08 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:04 Aries 34 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):14 Libra 08

Chiron:20 Aries 19 Rx
Ceres:19 Capricorn 10
Pallas:19 Sagittarius 32
Juno:00 Scorpio 14
Vesta:03 Libra 39

Eris:24 Aries 46 Rx

Fire:8
Earth:3
Air:3
Water:5
Cardinal:9
Fixed:3
Mutable:7

Cape Town, South Africa

4 November 2024
10:00 am GMT 12:00 PM SAST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:12 Scorpio 29
Moon:14 Sagittarius 43
Mercury:02 Sagittarius 14
Venus:21 Sagittarius 12
Mars:00 Leo 05
Jupiter:20 Gemini 13 Rx
Saturn:12 Pisces 48 Rx
Uranus:25 Taurus 46 Rx
Neptune:27 Pisces 26 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 46

True Lunar Node:06 Aries 06 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:04 Aries 33 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):14 Libra 11

Chiron:20 Aries 18 Rx
Ceres:19 Capricorn 17
Pallas:19 Sagittarius 41
Juno:00 Scorpio 22
Vesta:03 Libra 49

Eris:24 Aries 46 Rx

Fire:9
Earth:3
Air:3
Water:4
Cardinal:8
Fixed:4
Mutable:7

Easter Island, Chile

4 November 2024
05:00 pm GMT 12:00 PM EASST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:12 Scorpio 46
Moon:18 Sagittarius 20
Mercury:02 Sagittarius 38
Venus:21 Sagittarius 33
Mars:00 Leo 11
Jupiter:20 Gemini 11 Rx
Saturn:12 Pisces 48 Rx
Uranus:25 Taurus 45 Rx
Neptune:27 Pisces 26 Rx
Pluto:29 Capricorn 47

True Lunar Node:06 Aries 04 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:04 Aries 32 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):14 Libra 13

Chiron:20 Aries 17 Rx
Ceres:19 Capricorn 22
Pallas:19 Sagittarius 47
Juno:00 Scorpio 28
Vesta:03 Libra 58

Eris:24 Aries 46 Rx

Fire:9
Earth:3
Air:3
Water:4
Cardinal:8
Fixed:4
Mutable:7