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The Moon on Wednesday, July 23, 2042: Waxing Crescent, 34% lit

Waxing · 34.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 12°

Moon age

6.3days

Moon phase on July 23, 2042Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 23 July 2042404,204 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 23, 2042, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 34.2% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

34.2%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
404,204 km251,161 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (12°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 23, 2042 is on Friday, August 1, 2042 at 17:33 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 17, 2042 at 05:52 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 23

More about this date

Wednesday, July 23, 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.