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The Moon on Thursday, April 24, 2042: Waxing Crescent, 24% lit

Waxing · 24.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 03°

Moon age

4.4days

Moon phase on April 24, 2042Waxing Crescent

Thursday 24 April 2042379,923 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 24, 2042, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 24.4% of its visible face lit, 4.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

24.4%Illumination at noon UTC
4.4 dMoon age
379,923 km236,073 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (3°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 24, 2042 is on Monday, May 5, 2042 at 06:49 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 20, 2042 at 02:19 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, April 20, 204202:19
First Quarter (after)Sunday, April 27, 204202:19

The Moon around April 24

More about this date

Thursday, April 24, 2042 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 20, 2042 to the new moon of May 19, 2042, a cycle of 29.36 days.