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Moon phases October 2016

New moon
Sat 01 Oct
00:12 UTC
First quarter
Sun 09 Oct
04:33 UTC
Full · Hunter's
Sun 16 Oct
04:23 UTC
Last quarter
Sat 22 Oct
19:14 UTC
New moon
Sun 30 Oct
17:38 UTC

In October 2016 the primary moon phases are the New Moon on Saturday, October 1 at 00:12 UTC, the First Quarter on Sunday, October 9 at 04:33 UTC, the Full Moon on Sunday, October 16 at 04:23 UTC, the Last Quarter on Saturday, October 22 at 19:14 UTC and the New Moon on Sunday, October 30 at 17:38 UTC. The full moon is the Hunter's Moon.

01New New Moon, 0% lit 0%00:12 02 Waxing Crescent, 2% lit 2% 03 Waxing Crescent, 6% lit 6% 04 Waxing Crescent, 11% lit 11% 05 Waxing Crescent, 17% lit 17% 06 Waxing Crescent, 25% lit 25% 07 Waxing Crescent, 34% lit 34% 08 Waxing Crescent, 43% lit 43% 09First Q First Quarter, 53% lit 53%04:33 10 Waxing Gibbous, 63% lit 63% 11 Waxing Gibbous, 73% lit 73% 12 Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit 82% 13 Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit 90% 14 Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit 96% 15 Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 16Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%04:23 17 Waning Gibbous, 97% lit 97% 18 Waning Gibbous, 92% lit 92% 19 Waning Gibbous, 84% lit 84% 20 Waning Gibbous, 75% lit 75% 21 Waning Gibbous, 64% lit 64% 22Last Q Last Quarter, 53% lit 53%19:14 23 Waning Crescent, 43% lit 43% 24 Waning Crescent, 33% lit 33% 25 Waning Crescent, 24% lit 24% 26 Waning Crescent, 16% lit 16% 27 Waning Crescent, 9% lit 9% 28 Waning Crescent, 5% lit 5% 29 Waning Crescent, 1% lit 1% 30New New Moon, 0% lit 0%17:38 31 Waxing Crescent, 1% lit 1%

Exact phase times

October 2016 has five primary moon phases: the New Moon on October 1, the First Quarter on October 9, the Full Moon on October 16, the Last Quarter on October 22 and the New Moon on October 30.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
New MoonSaturday, October 1, 201600:12
First QuarterSunday, October 9, 201604:33
Full MoonSunday, October 16, 201604:23
Last QuarterSaturday, October 22, 201619:14
New MoonSunday, October 30, 201617:38

Sunday, October 16, 2016: Hunter's Moon, 358,461 km from Earth. Supermoon

Full moons · 2016

Twelve full moons, one blue

24 Jan Wolf 22 Feb Snow 23 Mar Worm penumbral eclipse 22 Apr Pink Micromoon 21 May Flower Blue moon 20 Jun Straw­berry 19 Jul Buck 18 Aug Sturgeon 16 Sept Harvest penumbral eclipse 16 Oct Hunter’s Supermoon 14 Nov Beaver Supermoon 14 Dec Cold Supermoon