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The Moon on Monday, July 21, 2042: Waxing Crescent, 18% lit

Waxing · 17.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 18°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on July 21, 2042Waxing Crescent

Monday 21 July 2042401,106 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 21, 2042, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 17.7% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.7%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
401,106 km249,235 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (18°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 21, 2042 is on Friday, August 1, 2042 at 17:33 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 17, 2042 at 05:52 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 21

More about this date

Monday, July 21, 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.