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The Moon on Friday, October 7, 2022: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 93.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 13°

Moon age

11.6days

Moon phase on October 7, 2022Waxing Gibbous

Friday 7 October 2022372,157 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 7, 2022, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.0% of its visible face lit, 11.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.0%Illumination at noon UTC
11.6 dMoon age
372,157 km231,248 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (14°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 7, 2022 is on Sunday, October 9, 2022 at 20:55 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 25, 2022 at 21:55 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 7

More about this date

Friday, October 7, 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.