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Lunar Calendar Month October 2022 (Ghana)

The Moon is the only natural satellite of the Earth and the fifth largest moon in the Solar System. It is the largest natural satellite in the solar system relative to the size of its planet. The following is information specific for Accra, Ghana during October 2022.

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Date and time of moon phases

The information in the following table comes from calculations published by the Astronomical Applications Department of the U.S. Naval Observatory.

Moon phasesDatesTime
1st quarter2022-10-0300:14
full moon2022-10-0920:55
3rd quarter2022-10-1717:15
new moon2022-10-2510:49

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during October 2022.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Perigee2022-10-0417:02369,334 km
Apogee2022-10-1710:22404,329 km
Perigee2022-10-2914:49368,287 km

Eclipses in October 2022

The following is information about eclipses occuring worldwide during October 2022. The eclipses listed here may be totally visible, partly visible or not visible in any part of Ghana.

TypeDatesSarosNotes
solar eclipse2022-10-25124

Moon-Planet Conjunctions

A Moon-planet conjunction occurs when an astronomical object has either the same, or nearly the same, right ascension or the same ecliptic longitude of that of the Moon, as observed from Earth.

Astronomical ObjectsDate and Time
Saturn2022-10-05 15:51
Jupiter2022-10-08 18:06
Pleiades2022-10-13 03:46
Mars2022-10-15 04:28
Pollux2022-10-17 15:41
Antares2022-10-28 02:48

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 31 days of October 2022.

October 2022
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 39
26Monday
 
27Tuesday
 
28Wednesday
 
29Thursday
 
30Friday
 
1Saturday
 
28% illuminated
Age:5.2
2Sunday
 
38.7% illuminated
Age:6.3
Week 40
3Monday
 
50% illuminated
Age:7.4
4Tuesday
 
61.4% illuminated
Age:8.5
5Wednesday
 
72.2% illuminated
Age:9.5
6Thursday
 
81.9% illuminated
Age:10.6
7Friday
 
89.8% illuminated
Age:11.7
8Saturday
 
95.6% illuminated
Age:12.8
9Sunday
 
99.1% illuminated
Age:13.9
Week 41
10Monday
 
100% illuminated
Age:14.9
11Tuesday
 
98.5% illuminated
Age:15.9
12Wednesday
 
94.9% illuminated
Age:16.9
13Thursday
 
89.5% illuminated
Age:17.9
14Friday
 
82.6% illuminated
Age:18.8
15Saturday
 
74.7% illuminated
Age:19.7
16Sunday
 
65.9% illuminated
Age:20.6
Week 42
17Monday
 
56.7% illuminated
Age:21.5
18Tuesday
 
47.3% illuminated
Age:22.4
19Wednesday
 
37.9% illuminated
Age:23.3
20Thursday
 
28.9% illuminated
Age:24.2
21Friday
 
20.5% illuminated
Age:25.1
22Saturday
 
13.1% illuminated
Age:26.1
23Sunday
 
6.9% illuminated
Age:27
Week 43
24Monday
 
2.6% illuminated
Age:28
25Tuesday
 
0.3% illuminated
Age:29
26Wednesday
 
0.4% illuminated
Age:0.6
27Thursday
 
3% illuminated
Age:1.6
28Friday
 
8.2% illuminated
Age:2.7
29Saturday
 
15.7% illuminated
Age:3.8
30Sunday
 
25% illuminated
Age:4.9
Week 44
31Monday
 
35.6% illuminated
Age:6
1Tuesday
 
2Wednesday
 
3Thursday
 
4Friday
 
5Saturday
 
6Sunday
 
7Monday
 
8Tuesday
 
9Wednesday
 
10Thursday
 
11Friday
 
12Saturday
 
13Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z