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Moon phases October 2017

Full · Harvest
Thu 05 Oct
18:40 UTC
Last quarter
Thu 12 Oct
12:26 UTC
New moon
Thu 19 Oct
19:12 UTC
First quarter
Fri 27 Oct
22:22 UTC

In October 2017 the primary moon phases are the Full Moon on Thursday, October 5 at 18:40 UTC, the Last Quarter on Thursday, October 12 at 12:26 UTC, the New Moon on Thursday, October 19 at 19:12 UTC and the First Quarter on Friday, October 27 at 22:22 UTC. The full moon is the Harvest Moon.

01 Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit 81% 02 Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit 88% 03 Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit 94% 04 Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit 98% 05Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%18:40 06 Waning Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 07 Waning Gibbous, 96% lit 96% 08 Waning Gibbous, 90% lit 90% 09 Waning Gibbous, 82% lit 82% 10 Waning Gibbous, 73% lit 73% 11 Waning Gibbous, 62% lit 62% 12Last Q Last Quarter, 50% lit 50%12:26 13 Waning Crescent, 39% lit 39% 14 Waning Crescent, 29% lit 29% 15 Waning Crescent, 19% lit 19% 16 Waning Crescent, 12% lit 12% 17 Waning Crescent, 6% lit 6% 18 Waning Crescent, 2% lit 2% 19New New Moon, 0% lit 0%19:12 20 Waxing Crescent, 1% lit 1% 21 Waxing Crescent, 3% lit 3% 22 Waxing Crescent, 7% lit 7% 23 Waxing Crescent, 13% lit 13% 24 Waxing Crescent, 20% lit 20% 25 Waxing Crescent, 28% lit 28% 26 Waxing Crescent, 37% lit 37% 27First Q First Quarter, 46% lit 46%22:22 28 Waxing Gibbous, 56% lit 56% 29 Waxing Gibbous, 65% lit 65% 30 Waxing Gibbous, 75% lit 75% 31 Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit 83%

Exact phase times

October 2017 has four primary moon phases: the Full Moon on October 5, the Last Quarter on October 12, the New Moon on October 19 and the First Quarter on October 27.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
Full MoonThursday, October 5, 201718:40
Last QuarterThursday, October 12, 201712:26
New MoonThursday, October 19, 201719:12
First QuarterFriday, October 27, 201722:22

Thursday, October 5, 2017: Harvest Moon, 373,398 km from Earth.

Full moons · 2017

Twelve full moons, three super

12 Jan Wolf Supermoon 11 Feb Snow penumbral eclipse 12 Mar Worm 11 Apr Pink 10 May Flower Micromoon 09 Jun Straw­berry Micromoon 09 Jul Buck Micromoon 07 Aug Sturgeon partial eclipse 06 Sept Corn 05 Oct Harvest 04 Nov Beaver Supermoon 03 Dec Cold Supermoon