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The Moon on Wednesday, October 22, 1969: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 90.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 22°

Moon age

11.1days

Moon phase on October 22, 1969Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 22 October 1969374,828 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 22, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.5% of its visible face lit, 11.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.5%Illumination at noon UTC
11.1 dMoon age
374,828 km232,907 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (23°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 22, 1969 is on Saturday, October 25, 1969 at 08:44 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 11, 1969 at 09:39 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, October 18, 196908:32
Full Moon (after)Saturday, October 25, 196908:44

The Moon around October 22

More about this date

Wednesday, October 22, 1969 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 11, 1969 to the new moon of November 9, 1969, a cycle of 29.52 days.