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The Moon on Saturday, October 22, 2011: Waning Crescent, 25% lit

Waning · 25.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 28°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on October 22, 2011Waning Crescent

Saturday 22 October 2011370,597 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 22, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.4% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.4%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
370,597 km230,279 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (28°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 22, 2011 is on Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at 02:06 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 19:56 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, October 20, 201103:31
New Moon (after)Wednesday, October 26, 201119:56

The Moon around October 22

More about this date

Saturday, October 22, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 27, 2011 to the new moon of October 26, 2011, a cycle of 29.37 days.