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The Moon on Friday, July 4, 2042: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 27°

Moon age

16.7days

Moon phase on July 4, 2042Waning Gibbous

Friday 4 July 2042377,151 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 4, 2042, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 98.2% of its visible face lit, 16.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.2%Illumination at noon UTC
16.7 dMoon age
377,151 km234,351 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (27°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 4, 2042 is on Thursday, July 3, 2042 at 08:09 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 17, 2042 at 05:52 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, July 3, 204208:09
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, July 10, 204205:38

The Moon around July 4

More about this date

Friday, July 4, 2042 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 17, 2042 to the new moon of July 17, 2042, a cycle of 29.42 days.