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The Moon on Monday, October 20, 2042: Waxing Crescent, 34% lit

Waxing · 33.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 08°

Moon age

6.4days

Moon phase on October 20, 2042Waxing Crescent

Monday 20 October 2042392,862 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 20, 2042, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 33.7% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

33.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
392,862 km244,113 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (8°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 20, 2042 is on Tuesday, October 28, 2042 at 19:48 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 14, 2042 at 02:03 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, October 14, 204202:03
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, October 22, 204202:53

The Moon around October 20

More about this date

Monday, October 20, 2042 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 14, 2042 to the new moon of November 12, 2042, a cycle of 29.77 days.