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The Moon on Friday, August 29, 2042: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 14°

Moon age

13.7days

Moon phase on August 29, 2042Waxing Gibbous

Friday 29 August 2042368,650 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 29, 2042, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 96.3% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
368,650 km229,068 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (15°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 2042 is on Sunday, August 31, 2042 at 02:02 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 15, 2042 at 18:01 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Friday, August 29, 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.