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The Moon on Tuesday, October 18, 2022: Waning Crescent, 43% lit

Waning · 42.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 03°

Moon age

22.6days

Moon phase on October 18, 2022Waning Crescent

Tuesday 18 October 2022403,567 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 18, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.8% of its visible face lit, 22.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.8%Illumination at noon UTC
22.6 dMoon age
403,567 km250,765 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (4°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 18, 2022 is on Sunday, October 9, 2022 at 20:55 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 25, 2022 at 10:49 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, October 17, 202217:15
New Moon (after)Tuesday, October 25, 202210:49

The Moon around October 18

More about this date

Tuesday, October 18, 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.