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The Moon on Saturday, October 22, 2022: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 9.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 22°

Moon age

26.6days

Moon phase on October 22, 2022Waning Crescent

Saturday 22 October 2022389,817 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 22, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.8% of its visible face lit, 26.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.8%Illumination at noon UTC
26.6 dMoon age
389,817 km242,221 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (23°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 22, 2022 is on Sunday, October 9, 2022 at 20:55 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 25, 2022 at 10:49 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around October 22

More about this date

Saturday, October 22, 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.