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The Moon on Wednesday, October 19, 2022: Waning Crescent, 34% lit

Waning · 33.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 15°

Moon age

23.6days

Moon phase on October 19, 2022Waning Crescent

Wednesday 19 October 2022401,560 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 19, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 33.5% of its visible face lit, 23.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

33.5%Illumination at noon UTC
23.6 dMoon age
401,560 km249,517 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (16°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 19, 2022 is on Sunday, October 9, 2022 at 20:55 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 25, 2022 at 10:49 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around October 19

More about this date

Wednesday, October 19, 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.