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The Moon on Saturday, August 9, 2042: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 38.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 00°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on August 9, 2042Waning Crescent

Saturday 9 August 2042374,810 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 9, 2042, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 38.3% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.3%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
374,810 km232,896 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (1°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 9, 2042 is on Friday, August 1, 2042 at 17:33 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 15, 2042 at 18:01 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, August 8, 204210:35
New Moon (after)Friday, August 15, 204218:01

The Moon around August 9

More about this date

Saturday, August 9, 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.