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The Moon on Wednesday, October 22, 2014: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 12°

Moon age

28.2days

Moon phase on October 22, 2014Waning Crescent

Wednesday 22 October 2014396,434 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 22, 2014, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.0% of its visible face lit, 28.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.0%Illumination at noon UTC
28.2 dMoon age
396,434 km246,333 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (13°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 22, 2014 is on Wednesday, October 8, 2014 at 10:51 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 23, 2014 at 21:57 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, October 15, 201419:12
New Moon (after)Thursday, October 23, 201421:57

The Moon around October 22

More about this date

Wednesday, October 22, 2014 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 24, 2014 to the new moon of October 23, 2014, a cycle of 29.65 days.