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The Moon on Friday, August 22, 2042: Waxing Crescent, 37% lit

Waxing · 36.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 13°

Moon age

6.7days

Moon phase on August 22, 2042Waxing Crescent

Friday 22 August 2042403,068 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 22, 2042, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 36.7% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

36.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
403,068 km250,455 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (14°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 22, 2042 is on Sunday, August 31, 2042 at 02:02 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 15, 2042 at 18:01 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 22

More about this date

Friday, August 22, 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.