Birds in Front of the Moon ! October 8, 2022 !

Moon Phase on: October 08, 2022
On this day the Moon was in a Waxing Gibbous phase. This phase is when the moon is more than 50% illuminated but not yet a Full Moon. The phase lasts about 7 days with the moon becoming more illuminated each day until the Full Moon. During a Waxing Gibbous the moon rises in the east in mid-afternoon and is high in the eastern sky at sunset. The moon is then visible through most of the night sky setting a few hours before sunrise. The word Gibbous first appeared in the 14th century and has its roots in the Latin word "gibbosus" meaning humpbacked.

Waxing Gibbous Phase
The Waxing Gibbous on October 8 has an illumination of 98%. 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 8 the Moon is 13.32 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.

Waxing Gibbous 98% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on 8 October 2022, Saturday. Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 98% and growing larger.