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The Moon on Tuesday, August 5, 2042: Waning Gibbous, 82% lit

Waning · 81.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 04°

Moon age

19.3days

Moon phase on August 5, 2042Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 5 August 2042365,841 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 5, 2042, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 81.6% of its visible face lit, 19.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.6%Illumination at noon UTC
19.3 dMoon age
365,841 km227,323 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (4°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 5, 2042 is on Friday, August 1, 2042 at 17:33 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 15, 2042 at 18:01 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, August 1, 204217:33
Last Quarter (after)Friday, August 8, 204210:35

The Moon around August 5

More about this date

Tuesday, August 5, 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.