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The Moon on Thursday, July 31, 2042: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 22°

Moon age

14.3days

Moon phase on July 31, 2042Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 31 July 2042376,218 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 31, 2042, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 97.9% of its visible face lit, 14.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.9%Illumination at noon UTC
14.3 dMoon age
376,218 km233,771 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (22°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 31, 2042 is on Friday, August 1, 2042 at 17:33 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 17, 2042 at 05:52 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, July 25, 204205:02
Full Moon (after)Friday, August 1, 204217:33

The Moon around July 31

More about this date

Thursday, July 31, 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.