Waning Gibbous on

Moon phase on 7 August 2042 Thursday is Waning Gibbous, 21 days old Moon is in Taurus.

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Lunar calendar 2042 | August 2042

Waning Gibbous phase
Waning Gibbous phase
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.

Waning Gibbous 61% illuminated

Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 61% and getting smaller. The 21 days old Moon is in ♉ Taurus.

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Moon phase and lunation details

5 days after Full Moon

Previous main lunar phase is the Full Moon before 5 days on 1 August 2042 at 17:33.

Moonrise and moonset

Moon rises in the evening and sets in the morning. It is visible to the southwest and it is high in the sky after midnight.

Moon is entering ♉ Taurus

Moon is passing first ∠3° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.

Apparent angular diameter ∠1969"

Lunar disc appears visually 4% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1969" and ∠1892".

Sturgeon Moon before 5 days

Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2042 after 23 days on 31 August 2042 at 02:02.

Upcoming main Moon phases

Neap tide

There is low ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at big angle, so their combined tidal force is weak.

Lunation 526 / 1479

The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the middle to the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 526 of Meeus index or 1479 from Brown series.

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Synodic month length 29.51 days

The length of the lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 9 minutes. It is 2 hours and 40 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).

Lunation length shorter than mean

The length of the current synodic month is 35 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 34 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit position on

True anomaly ∠88.8°

At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠88.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠123.3°.

Moon after perigee

2 days after point of perigee on 4 August 2042 at 18:09 in ♓ Pisces. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 13 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 20 August 2042 at 13:59 in ♎ Libra.

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Distance to Moon 364 024 km

The Moon is 364 024 km (226 194 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 13 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 193 km (251 775 mi).

Moon after ascending node

1 day after ascending node on 6 August 2042 at 14:42 in ♈ Aries. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 12 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 20 August 2042 at 09:13 in ♎ Libra.

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Draconic month

1 day since the beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.

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Moon before northern standstill

8 days since the previous standstill on 30 July 2042 at 02:39 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.160°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 4 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.226° at the point of next northern standstill on 11 August 2042 at 21:49 in ♊ Gemini.

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Syzygy in 8 days

In 8 days on 15 August 2042 at 18:01 in ♌ Leo the Moon is going to be in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming the next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.

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