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The Moon on Saturday, April 26, 2042: Waxing Crescent, 44% lit

Waxing · 44.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 29°

Moon age

6.4days

Moon phase on April 26, 2042Waxing Crescent

Saturday 26 April 2042391,746 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 26, 2042, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 44.1% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

44.1%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
391,746 km243,420 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (29°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 26, 2042 is on Monday, May 5, 2042 at 06:49 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 20, 2042 at 02:19 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 26

More about this date

Saturday, April 26, 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.