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The Moon on Thursday, October 22, 2015: Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit

Waxing · 68.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 19°

Moon age

9.5days

Moon phase on October 22, 2015Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 22 October 2015370,917 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 22, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 68.0% of its visible face lit, 9.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

68.0%Illumination at noon UTC
9.5 dMoon age
370,917 km230,477 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (20°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 22, 2015 is on Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at 12:05 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 00:06 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, October 20, 201520:31
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, October 27, 201512:05

The Moon around October 22

More about this date

Thursday, October 22, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 13, 2015 to the new moon of November 11, 2015, a cycle of 29.74 days.