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The Moon on Thursday, October 13, 2022: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 86.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 03°

Moon age

17.6days

Moon phase on October 13, 2022Waning Gibbous

Thursday 13 October 2022395,292 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 13, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 86.4% of its visible face lit, 17.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.4%Illumination at noon UTC
17.6 dMoon age
395,292 km245,623 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (4°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 13, 2022 is on Sunday, October 9, 2022 at 20:55 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 25, 2022 at 10:49 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around October 13

More about this date

Thursday, October 13, 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.