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The Moon on Thursday, October 22, 2020: Waxing Crescent, 39% lit

Waxing · 39.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 16°

Moon age

5.7days

Moon phase on October 22, 2020Waxing Crescent

Thursday 22 October 2020379,607 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 22, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 39.0% of its visible face lit, 5.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

39.0%Illumination at noon UTC
5.7 dMoon age
379,607 km235,877 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (17°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 22, 2020 is on Saturday, October 31, 2020 at 14:49 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 16, 2020 at 19:31 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, October 16, 202019:31
First Quarter (after)Friday, October 23, 202013:23

The Moon around October 22

More about this date

Thursday, October 22, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 16, 2020 to the new moon of November 15, 2020, a cycle of 29.40 days.