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The Moon on Friday, October 22, 2021: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 96.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 20°

Moon age

16.0days

Moon phase on October 22, 2021Waning Gibbous

Friday 22 October 2021403,607 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 22, 2021, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.7% of its visible face lit, 16.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.7%Illumination at noon UTC
16.0 dMoon age
403,607 km250,790 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (20°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 22, 2021 is on Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 14:57 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 4, 2021 at 21:15 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, October 20, 202114:57
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, October 28, 202120:05

The Moon around October 22

More about this date

Friday, October 22, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 6, 2021 to the new moon of November 4, 2021, a cycle of 29.42 days.