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The Moon on Sunday, September 21, 2042: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 39.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 16°

Moon age

7.1days

Moon phase on September 21, 2042Waxing Crescent

Sunday 21 September 2042397,045 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 21, 2042, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 39.7% of its visible face lit, 7.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

39.7%Illumination at noon UTC
7.1 dMoon age
397,045 km246,712 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (17°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 21, 2042 is on Monday, September 29, 2042 at 10:34 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 14, 2042 at 08:50 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, September 14, 204208:50
First Quarter (after)Monday, September 22, 204213:21

The Moon around September 21

More about this date

Sunday, September 21, 2042 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 14, 2042 to the new moon of October 14, 2042, a cycle of 29.72 days.