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The Moon on Thursday, August 7, 2042: Waning Gibbous, 61% lit

Waning · 60.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 02°

Moon age

21.3days

Moon phase on August 7, 2042Waning Gibbous

Thursday 7 August 2042369,185 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 7, 2042, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 60.8% of its visible face lit, 21.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

60.8%Illumination at noon UTC
21.3 dMoon age
369,185 km229,401 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (3°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 7, 2042 is on Friday, August 1, 2042 at 17:33 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 15, 2042 at 18:01 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around August 7

More about this date

Thursday, August 7, 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.