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The Moon on Thursday, October 6, 2022: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 86.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 29°

Moon age

10.6days

Moon phase on October 6, 2022Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 6 October 2022370,443 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 6, 2022, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.1% of its visible face lit, 10.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.1%Illumination at noon UTC
10.6 dMoon age
370,443 km230,182 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (30°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 6, 2022 is on Sunday, October 9, 2022 at 20:55 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 25, 2022 at 21:55 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, October 3, 202200:14
Full Moon (after)Sunday, October 9, 202220:55

The Moon around October 6

More about this date

Thursday, October 6, 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.