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The Moon on Monday, October 17, 2022: Last Quarter, 52% lit

Waning · 52.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 21°

Last Quarter at

17:15UTC

Moon phase on October 17, 2022Last Quarter

Monday 17 October 2022404,312 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 17, 2022, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 52.2% of its visible face lit, 21.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

52.2%Illumination at noon UTC
21.6 dMoon age
404,312 km251,228 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (22°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 17, 2022 is on Sunday, October 9, 2022 at 20:55 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 25, 2022 at 10:49 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, October 9, 202220:55
Last Quarter (this day)Monday, October 17, 202217:15
New Moon (after)Tuesday, October 25, 202210:49

The Moon around October 17

More about this date

Monday, October 17, 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.