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The Moon on Saturday, August 16, 2042: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 02°

Moon age

0.7days

Moon phase on August 16, 2042Waxing Crescent

Saturday 16 August 2042398,052 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 16, 2042, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 0.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
0.7 dMoon age
398,052 km247,338 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (2°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 16, 2042 is on Sunday, August 31, 2042 at 02:02 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 15, 2042 at 18:01 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, August 15, 204218:01
First Quarter (after)Saturday, August 23, 204221:55

The Moon around August 16

More about this date

Saturday, August 16, 2042 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 15, 2042 to the new moon of September 14, 2042, a cycle of 29.62 days.