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The Moon on Tuesday, October 22, 2013: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 87.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 10°

Moon age

17.5days

Moon phase on October 22, 2013Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 22 October 2013399,099 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 22, 2013, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.8% of its visible face lit, 17.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.8%Illumination at noon UTC
17.5 dMoon age
399,099 km247,989 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (10°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 22, 2013 is on Friday, October 18, 2013 at 23:38 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 3, 2013 at 12:50 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, October 18, 201323:38
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, October 26, 201323:41

The Moon around October 22

More about this date

Tuesday, October 22, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 5, 2013 to the new moon of November 3, 2013, a cycle of 29.51 days.