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Moon phases October 1996

Last quarter
Fri 04 Oct
12:04 UTC
New moon
Sat 12 Oct
14:15 UTC
First quarter
Sat 19 Oct
18:09 UTC
Full · Hunter's
Sat 26 Oct
14:11 UTC

In October 1996 the primary moon phases are the Last Quarter on Friday, October 4 at 12:04 UTC, the New Moon on Saturday, October 12 at 14:15 UTC, the First Quarter on Saturday, October 19 at 18:09 UTC and the Full Moon on Saturday, October 26 at 14:11 UTC. The full moon is the Hunter's Moon.

01 Waning Gibbous, 78% lit 78% 02 Waning Gibbous, 69% lit 69% 03 Waning Gibbous, 60% lit 60% 04Last Q Last Quarter, 50% lit 50%12:04 05 Waning Crescent, 41% lit 41% 06 Waning Crescent, 32% lit 32% 07 Waning Crescent, 23% lit 23% 08 Waning Crescent, 16% lit 16% 09 Waning Crescent, 9% lit 9% 10 Waning Crescent, 4% lit 4% 11 Waning Crescent, 1% lit 1% 12New New Moon, 0% lit 0%14:15 13 Waxing Crescent, 1% lit 1% 14 Waxing Crescent, 4% lit 4% 15 Waxing Crescent, 9% lit 9% 16 Waxing Crescent, 17% lit 17% 17 Waxing Crescent, 26% lit 26% 18 Waxing Crescent, 36% lit 36% 19First Q First Quarter, 47% lit 47%18:09 20 Waxing Gibbous, 59% lit 59% 21 Waxing Gibbous, 70% lit 70% 22 Waxing Gibbous, 80% lit 80% 23 Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit 88% 24 Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit 95% 25 Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 26Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%14:11 27 Waning Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 28 Waning Gibbous, 96% lit 96% 29 Waning Gibbous, 90% lit 90% 30 Waning Gibbous, 84% lit 84% 31 Waning Gibbous, 76% lit 76%

Exact phase times

October 1996 has four primary moon phases: the Last Quarter on October 4, the New Moon on October 12, the First Quarter on October 19 and the Full Moon on October 26.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
Last QuarterFriday, October 4, 199612:04
New MoonSaturday, October 12, 199614:15
First QuarterSaturday, October 19, 199618:09
Full MoonSaturday, October 26, 199614:11

Saturday, October 26, 1996: Hunter's Moon, 376,590 km from Earth.

Full moons · 1996

Thirteen full moons, one blue

05 Jan Wolf Micromoon 04 Feb Snow Micromoon 05 Mar Worm 04 Apr Pink total eclipse 03 May Flower 01 Jun Straw­berry Supermoon 01 Jul Buck Supermoon 30 Jul Blue Blue moon 28 Aug Sturgeon Supermoon 27 Sept Harvest total eclipse 26 Oct Hunter’s 25 Nov Beaver 24 Dec Cold