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The Moon on Monday, October 22, 2018: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 94.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 02°

Moon age

13.3days

Moon phase on October 22, 2018Waxing Gibbous

Monday 22 October 2018392,745 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 22, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.7% of its visible face lit, 13.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.7%Illumination at noon UTC
13.3 dMoon age
392,745 km244,040 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (3°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 22, 2018 is on Wednesday, October 24, 2018 at 16:45 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 9, 2018 at 03:47 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, October 16, 201818:02
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, October 24, 201816:45

The Moon around October 22

More about this date

Monday, October 22, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 9, 2018 to the new moon of November 7, 2018, a cycle of 29.51 days.