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Moon phases October 2013

New moon
Sat 05 Oct
00:35 UTC
First quarter
Fri 11 Oct
23:02 UTC
Full · Hunter's
Fri 18 Oct
23:38 UTC
Last quarter
Sat 26 Oct
23:41 UTC

In October 2013 the primary moon phases are the New Moon on Saturday, October 5 at 00:35 UTC, the First Quarter on Friday, October 11 at 23:02 UTC, the Full Moon on Friday, October 18 at 23:38 UTC and the Last Quarter on Saturday, October 26 at 23:41 UTC. The full moon is the Hunter's Moon.

01 Waning Crescent, 13% lit 13% 02 Waning Crescent, 7% lit 7% 03 Waning Crescent, 3% lit 3% 04 Waning Crescent, 0% lit 0% 05New New Moon, 0% lit 0%00:35 06 Waxing Crescent, 3% lit 3% 07 Waxing Crescent, 7% lit 7% 08 Waxing Crescent, 14% lit 14% 09 Waxing Crescent, 23% lit 23% 10 Waxing Crescent, 34% lit 34% 11First Q First Quarter, 45% lit 45%23:02 12 Waxing Gibbous, 56% lit 56% 13 Waxing Gibbous, 67% lit 67% 14 Waxing Gibbous, 77% lit 77% 15 Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit 86% 16 Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit 93% 17 Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit 97% 18Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%23:38 19 Waning Gibbous, 100% lit 100% 20 Waning Gibbous, 98% lit 98% 21 Waning Gibbous, 94% lit 94% 22 Waning Gibbous, 88% lit 88% 23 Waning Gibbous, 81% lit 81% 24 Waning Gibbous, 73% lit 73% 25 Waning Gibbous, 64% lit 64% 26Last Q Last Quarter, 55% lit 55%23:41 27 Waning Crescent, 45% lit 45% 28 Waning Crescent, 36% lit 36% 29 Waning Crescent, 27% lit 27% 30 Waning Crescent, 18% lit 18% 31 Waning Crescent, 11% lit 11%

Exact phase times

October 2013 has four primary moon phases: the New Moon on October 5, the First Quarter on October 11, the Full Moon on October 18 and the Last Quarter on October 26.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
New MoonSaturday, October 5, 201300:35
First QuarterFriday, October 11, 201323:02
Full MoonFriday, October 18, 201323:38
Last QuarterSaturday, October 26, 201323:41

Friday, October 18, 2013: Hunter's Moon, 385,696 km from Earth. Penumbral lunar eclipse

Full moons · 2013

Twelve full moons, one blue

27 Jan Wolf 25 Feb Snow 27 Mar Worm 25 Apr Pink partial eclipse 25 May Flower penumbral eclipse 23 Jun Straw­berry Supermoon 22 Jul Buck Supermoon 21 Aug Sturgeon Blue moon 19 Sept Harvest 18 Oct Hunter’s penumbral eclipse 17 Nov Beaver 17 Dec Cold Micromoon