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The Moon on Wednesday, October 22, 2042: First Quarter, 54% lit

Waxing · 54.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 03°

First Quarter at

02:53UTC

Moon phase on October 22, 2042First Quarter

Wednesday 22 October 2042382,172 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 22, 2042, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 54.2% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

54.2%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
382,172 km237,470 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (4°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 22, 2042 is on Tuesday, October 28, 2042 at 19:48 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 14, 2042 at 02:03 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, October 14, 204202:03
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, October 22, 204202:53
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, October 28, 204219:48

The Moon around October 22

More about this date

Wednesday, October 22, 2042 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 14, 2042 to the new moon of November 12, 2042, a cycle of 29.77 days.