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The Moon on Sunday, October 9, 2022: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 11°

Full Moon at

20:55UTC

Moon phase on October 9, 2022Full Moon

Sunday 9 October 2022378,054 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 9, 2022, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 13.6 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
13.6 dMoon age
378,054 km234,912 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (11°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Hunter's Moon, 379,474 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 9, 2022 is on Sunday, October 9, 2022 at 20:55 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 25, 2022 at 21:55 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, October 3, 202200:14
Full Moon (this day)Sunday, October 9, 202220:55
Last Quarter (after)Monday, October 17, 202217:15

The Moon around October 9

More about this date

Sunday, October 9, 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.