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The Moon on Sunday, October 22, 2023: First Quarter, 54% lit

Waxing · 54.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 03°

First Quarter at

03:29UTC

Moon phase on October 22, 2023First Quarter

Sunday 22 October 2023371,279 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 22, 2023, the Moon was a First Quarter: 54.1% of its visible face lit, 7.8 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

54.1%Illumination at noon UTC
7.8 dMoon age
371,279 km230,702 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (3°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 22, 2023 is on Saturday, October 28, 2023 at 20:24 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 14, 2023 at 17:55 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, October 14, 202317:55
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, October 22, 202303:29
Full Moon (after)Saturday, October 28, 202320:24

The Moon around October 22

More about this date

Sunday, October 22, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 14, 2023 to the new moon of November 13, 2023, a cycle of 29.65 days.