Time: AD 2022-10-20 PM 11:47:28.998 (Thu) Mountain Daylight Time
From latitude 39.58560° N, longitude 104.89598° W:
The moon is located 30.3661° below the horizon (rising).
True compass bearing: 35.3554°
Illuminated fraction: 18.68% (waning).
Angle of center of moon's bright limb:
216.7 degrees clockwise (143.3 degrees counterclockwise) from zenith.
Sun-Moon angular separation: 50.42 degrees
Distance: 245770.30 miles, approaching at 108.758 mph.
| Next moonrise: | AD 2022-10-21 AM 03:05:38.923 (Fri) Mountain Daylight Time | (in 3 hours, 18 min, 9 sec) | azimuth: 73.3798° |
| Next transit: | AD 2022-10-21 AM 10:00:51.817 (Fri) Mountain Daylight Time | (in 10 hours, 13 min, 22 sec) | altitude: 61.2195° |
| Next moonset: | AD 2022-10-21 PM 04:45:04.714 (Fri) Mountain Daylight Time | (in 16 hours, 57 min, 35 sec) | azimuth: 282.6154° |
| Previous apogee: | AD 2022-10-17 AM 04:21:11.341 (Mon) Mountain Daylight Time | (3 days, 19 hours, 26 min, 17 sec ago) | 251237.48 miles |
| Next perigee: | AD 2022-10-29 AM 08:39:20.032 (Sat) Mountain Daylight Time | (in 8 days, 8 hours, 51 min, 51 sec) | 228846.95 miles |
| Previous new moon: | AD 2022-09-25 PM 03:54:29.436 (Sun) Mountain Daylight Time | 25 days, 7 hours, 52 min, 59 sec ago |
| Previous full moon: | AD 2022-10-09 PM 02:54:57.950 (Sun) Mountain Daylight Time | 11 days, 8 hours, 52 min, 31 sec ago |
| Next new moon: | AD 2022-10-25 AM 04:48:49.982 (Tue) Mountain Daylight Time | in 4 days, 5 hours, 1 min, 20 sec |
| Next full moon: | AD 2022-11-08 AM 04:02:23.229 (Tue) Mountain Standard Time | in 18 days, 5 hours, 14 min, 54 sec |
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Moon Phase Today: October 21, 2022
The Moon's current phase for today and tonight is a Waning Crescent phase. In this phase the Moon’s illumination is growing smaller each day until the New Moon. During this part of the Moon cycle, the Moon is getting closer to the Sun as viewed from Earth and the night side of the Moon is facing the Earth with only a small edge of the Moon being illuminated. This phase is best viewed an hour or 2 before the sunrise and can be quite beautiful if you're willing to get up early. It can also be a great time to see the features of the Moon's surface. Along the edge where the illuminated portion meets the dark side, the craters and mountains cast long shadows making them easier to observe with a telescope or binoculars.
Visit the October 2022 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.
Today's Waning Crescent Phase
The Waning Crescent on October 21 has an illumination of 17%. This is the percentage of the Moon illuminated by the Sun. The illumination is constantly changing and can vary up to 10% a day. On October 21 the Moon is 25.58 days old. This refers to how many days it has been since the last New Moon. It takes 29.53 days for the Moon to orbit the Earth and go through the lunar cycle of all 8 Moon phases.
The 8 Lunar Phases
There are 8 lunar phases the Moon goes through in its 29.53 days lunar cycle. The 4 major Moon phases are Full Moon, New Moon, First Quarter and Last Quarter. Between these major phases, there are 4 minor ones: the Waxing Crescent, Waxing Gibbous, Waning Gibbous and Waning Crescent. For more info on the Moon Cycle and on each phase check out Wikipedia Lunar Phase page.
TODAY'S MOON PHASE
Phase Details for - October 21
Phase: Waning Crescent
Illumination: 17%
Moon Age: 25.58 days
Moon Angle: 0.50
Moon Distance: 397,412.73
km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 148,892,068.80 km
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