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The Moon on Monday, August 18, 2042: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 7.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 26°

Moon age

2.7days

Moon phase on August 18, 2042Waxing Crescent

Monday 18 August 2042403,060 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 18, 2042, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 7.2% of its visible face lit, 2.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.7 dMoon age
403,060 km250,450 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (27°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 2042 is on Sunday, August 31, 2042 at 02:02 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 15, 2042 at 18:01 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Monday, August 18, 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.