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The Moon on Friday, July 18, 2042: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 11°

Moon age

1.3days

Moon phase on July 18, 2042Waxing Crescent

Friday 18 July 2042390,664 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 18, 2042, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 1.9% of its visible face lit, 1.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.9%Illumination at noon UTC
1.3 dMoon age
390,664 km242,747 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (11°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 18, 2042 is on Friday, August 1, 2042 at 17:33 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 17, 2042 at 05:52 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, July 17, 204205:52
First Quarter (after)Friday, July 25, 204205:02

The Moon around July 18

More about this date

Friday, July 18, 2042 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 17, 2042 to the new moon of August 15, 2042, a cycle of 29.51 days.