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The Moon on Wednesday, October 12, 2022: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 92.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 21°

Moon age

16.6days

Moon phase on October 12, 2022Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 12 October 2022390,984 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 12, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 92.5% of its visible face lit, 16.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

92.5%Illumination at noon UTC
16.6 dMoon age
390,984 km242,946 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (21°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 12, 2022 is on Sunday, October 9, 2022 at 20:55 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 25, 2022 at 10:49 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, October 9, 202220:55
Last Quarter (after)Monday, October 17, 202217:15

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Wednesday, October 12, 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.