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The Moon on Sunday, August 24, 2042: Waxing Gibbous, 56% lit

Waxing · 55.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 08°

Moon age

8.7days

Moon phase on August 24, 2042Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 24 August 2042396,250 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 24, 2042, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 55.9% of its visible face lit, 8.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

55.9%Illumination at noon UTC
8.7 dMoon age
396,250 km246,218 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (8°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 24, 2042 is on Sunday, August 31, 2042 at 02:02 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 15, 2042 at 18:01 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, August 23, 204221:55
Full Moon (after)Sunday, August 31, 204202:02

The Moon around August 24

More about this date

Sunday, August 24, 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.