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The Moon on Thursday, July 24, 2042: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 43.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 24°

Moon age

7.3days

Moon phase on July 24, 2042Waxing Crescent

Thursday 24 July 2042404,002 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 24, 2042, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 43.4% of its visible face lit, 7.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

43.4%Illumination at noon UTC
7.3 dMoon age
404,002 km251,035 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (24°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 24, 2042 is on Friday, August 1, 2042 at 17:33 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 17, 2042 at 05:52 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 24

More about this date

Thursday, July 24, 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.