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The Moon on Friday, October 14, 2022: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 78.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 15°

Moon age

18.6days

Moon phase on October 14, 2022Waning Gibbous

Friday 14 October 2022399,046 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 14, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 78.9% of its visible face lit, 18.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

78.9%Illumination at noon UTC
18.6 dMoon age
399,046 km247,956 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (16°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 14, 2022 is on Sunday, October 9, 2022 at 20:55 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 25, 2022 at 10:49 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around October 14

More about this date

Friday, October 14, 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.