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The Moon on Sunday, July 6, 2042: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 87.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 25°

Moon age

18.7days

Moon phase on July 6, 2042Waning Gibbous

Sunday 6 July 2042372,004 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 6, 2042, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 87.8% of its visible face lit, 18.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.8%Illumination at noon UTC
18.7 dMoon age
372,004 km231,152 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (25°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 6, 2042 is on Thursday, July 3, 2042 at 08:09 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 17, 2042 at 05:52 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around July 6

More about this date

Sunday, July 6, 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.