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Moon phases October 2020

Full · Harvest
Thu 01 Oct
21:05 UTC
Last quarter
Sat 10 Oct
00:40 UTC
New moon
Fri 16 Oct
19:31 UTC
First quarter
Fri 23 Oct
13:23 UTC
Full · Blue
Sat 31 Oct
14:49 UTC

In October 2020 the primary moon phases are the Full Moon on Thursday, October 1 at 21:05 UTC, the Last Quarter on Saturday, October 10 at 00:40 UTC, the New Moon on Friday, October 16 at 19:31 UTC, the First Quarter on Friday, October 23 at 13:23 UTC and the Full Moon on Saturday, October 31 at 14:49 UTC. The full moons are the Harvest Moon and the Blue Moon.

01Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%21:05 02 Waning Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 03 Waning Gibbous, 98% lit 98% 04 Waning Gibbous, 94% lit 94% 05 Waning Gibbous, 89% lit 89% 06 Waning Gibbous, 82% lit 82% 07 Waning Gibbous, 74% lit 74% 08 Waning Gibbous, 65% lit 65% 09 Waning Gibbous, 55% lit 55% 10Last Q Last Quarter, 45% lit 45%00:40 11 Waning Crescent, 35% lit 35% 12 Waning Crescent, 25% lit 25% 13 Waning Crescent, 16% lit 16% 14 Waning Crescent, 8% lit 8% 15 Waning Crescent, 3% lit 3% 16New New Moon, 0% lit 0%19:31 17 Waxing Crescent, 1% lit 1% 18 Waxing Crescent, 4% lit 4% 19 Waxing Crescent, 11% lit 11% 20 Waxing Crescent, 19% lit 19% 21 Waxing Crescent, 29% lit 29% 22 Waxing Crescent, 39% lit 39% 23First Q First Quarter, 50% lit 50%13:23 24 Waxing Gibbous, 60% lit 60% 25 Waxing Gibbous, 69% lit 69% 26 Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit 78% 27 Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit 85% 28 Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit 91% 29 Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit 96% 30 Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 31Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%14:49

Exact phase times

October 2020 has five primary moon phases: the Full Moon on October 1, the Last Quarter on October 10, the New Moon on October 16, the First Quarter on October 23 and the Full Moon on October 31.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
Full MoonThursday, October 1, 202021:05
Last QuarterSaturday, October 10, 202000:40
New MoonFriday, October 16, 202019:31
First QuarterFriday, October 23, 202013:23
Full MoonSaturday, October 31, 202014:49

Thursday, October 1, 2020: Harvest Moon, 405,138 km from Earth. Micromoon

Saturday, October 31, 2020: Blue Moon, 406,153 km from Earth. MicromoonBlue Moon (monthly)

Full moons · 2020

Thirteen full moons, one blue

10 Jan Wolf penumbral eclipse 09 Feb Snow Supermoon 09 Mar Worm Supermoon 08 Apr Pink Supermoon 07 May Flower Supermoon 05 Jun Straw­berry penumbral eclipse 05 Jul Buck penumbral eclipse 03 Aug Sturgeon 02 Sept Corn 01 Oct Harvest Micromoon 31 Oct Blue Blue moon 30 Nov Beaver penumbral eclipse 30 Dec Cold