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The Moon on Monday, October 3, 2022: First Quarter, 56% lit

Waxing · 55.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 16°

First Quarter at

00:14UTC

Moon phase on October 3, 2022First Quarter

Monday 3 October 2022369,726 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 3, 2022, the Moon was a First Quarter: 55.7% of its visible face lit, 7.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

55.7%Illumination at noon UTC
7.6 dMoon age
369,726 km229,737 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (17°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 3, 2022 is on Sunday, October 9, 2022 at 20:55 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 25, 2022 at 21:55 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, September 25, 202221:55
First Quarter (this day)Monday, October 3, 202200:14
Full Moon (after)Sunday, October 9, 202220:55

The Moon around October 3

More about this date

Monday, October 3, 2022 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 25, 2022 to the new moon of October 25, 2022, a cycle of 29.54 days.