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The Moon on Saturday, October 8, 2022: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 27°

Moon age

12.6days

Moon phase on October 8, 2022Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 8 October 2022374,710 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 8, 2022, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.6% of its visible face lit, 12.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.6%Illumination at noon UTC
12.6 dMoon age
374,710 km232,834 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (28°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 8, 2022 is on Sunday, October 9, 2022 at 20:55 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 25, 2022 at 21:55 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 8

More about this date

Saturday, October 8, 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.