LOS ANGELES — SpaceX was on the verge of announcing the name of person who would be the first private passenger on a trip around the moon.

The identity of the traveler was o be revealed at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, Calif., Monday evening.

SpaceX gave no details of the flight but said it would be “an important step toward enabling access for everyday people who dream of traveling to space.”

SpaceX founder and chief executive Elon Musk outlined a somewhat different mission last year.

Musk said two people who know each other approached the company about a weeklong flight to the moon and back.

He had said that the trip would happen this year and would not involve a landing, but rather a long loop around the moon. Musk did not name the clients last year or say how much they would pay.

Musk said the pair had paid a “significant” deposit and were “entering this with their eyes open, knowing that there is some risk here.”

That original mission would have used a Falcon Heavy rocket — the most powerful rocket flying today — and a Dragon crew capsule similar to the one NASA astronauts will use to fly to the International Space Station as early as next year. The new SpaceX strategy is to still fly around the moon, but use an even bigger rocket still in development.