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The Moon on Friday, October 22, 1926: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 97.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 15°

Moon age

15.6days

Moon phase on October 22, 1926Waning Gibbous

Friday 22 October 1926367,413 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 22, 1926, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.6% of its visible face lit, 15.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.6%Illumination at noon UTC
15.6 dMoon age
367,413 km228,300 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (16°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 22, 1926 is on Thursday, October 21, 1926 at 05:15 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 5, 1926 at 14:34 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, October 21, 192605:15
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, October 28, 192610:57

The Moon around October 22

More about this date

Friday, October 22, 1926 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 6, 1926 to the new moon of November 5, 1926, a cycle of 29.68 days.