Waning · 24.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 27°
Moon age
24.6days
Moon phase on October 20, 2022Waning Crescent
On Thursday, October 20, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 24.7% of its visible face lit, 24.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
24.7%Illumination at noon UTC
24.6 dMoon age
398,430 km247,573 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (28°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to October 20, 2022 is on Sunday, October 9, 2022 at 20:55 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 25, 2022 at 10:49 UTC, 5 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Last Quarter (before) | Monday, October 17, 2022 | 17:15 |
| New Moon (after) | Tuesday, October 25, 2022 | 10:49 |
The Moon around October 20
More about this date
Thursday, October 20, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in October 2022, or the whole moon calendar 2022.
- The same date one year apart: 2021 · 2023.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.