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The Moon on Monday, April 7, 2042: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 96.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 08°

Moon age

16.8days

Moon phase on April 7, 2042Waning Gibbous

Monday 7 April 2042402,884 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 7, 2042, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 96.8% of its visible face lit, 16.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.8%Illumination at noon UTC
16.8 dMoon age
402,884 km250,340 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (9°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 7, 2042 is on Saturday, April 5, 2042 at 14:16 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 20, 2042 at 02:19 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, April 5, 204214:16
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, April 13, 204211:09

The Moon around April 7

More about this date

Monday, April 7, 2042 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 21, 2042 to the new moon of April 20, 2042, a cycle of 29.37 days.