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The Moon on Tuesday, October 22, 1991: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 16°

Moon age

14.6days

Moon phase on October 22, 1991Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 22 October 1991380,507 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 22, 1991, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.7% of its visible face lit, 14.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.7%Illumination at noon UTC
14.6 dMoon age
380,507 km236,436 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (16°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 22, 1991 is on Wednesday, October 23, 1991 at 11:08 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 7, 1991 at 21:39 UTC, 15 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, October 15, 199117:33
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, October 23, 199111:08

The Moon around October 22

More about this date

Tuesday, October 22, 1991 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 7, 1991 to the new moon of November 6, 1991, a cycle of 29.56 days.