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The Moon on Sunday, August 17, 2042: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 14°

Moon age

1.7days

Moon phase on August 17, 2042Waxing Crescent

Sunday 17 August 2042400,821 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 17, 2042, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 3.0% of its visible face lit, 1.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.0%Illumination at noon UTC
1.7 dMoon age
400,821 km249,059 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (15°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 17, 2042 is on Sunday, August 31, 2042 at 02:02 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 15, 2042 at 18:01 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 17

More about this date

Sunday, August 17, 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.