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The Moon on Thursday, October 22, 2026: Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit

Waxing · 84.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 12°

Moon age

11.8days

Moon phase on October 22, 2026Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 22 October 2026386,817 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 22, 2026, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 84.4% of its visible face lit, 11.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.4%Illumination at noon UTC
11.8 dMoon age
386,817 km240,357 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (12°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 22, 2026 is on Monday, October 26, 2026 at 04:12 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 10, 2026 at 15:50 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, October 18, 202616:13
Full Moon (after)Monday, October 26, 202604:12

The Moon around October 22

More about this date

Thursday, October 22, 2026 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 10, 2026 to the new moon of November 9, 2026, a cycle of 29.63 days.