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The Moon on Tuesday, August 26, 2042: Waxing Gibbous, 75% lit

Waxing · 75.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 03°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on August 26, 2042Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 26 August 2042385,662 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 26, 2042, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 75.0% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

75.0%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
385,662 km239,639 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (3°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 26, 2042 is on Sunday, August 31, 2042 at 02:02 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 15, 2042 at 18:01 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 26

More about this date

Tuesday, August 26, 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.