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Moon phases October 2021

New moon
Wed 06 Oct
11:05 UTC
First quarter
Wed 13 Oct
03:25 UTC
Full · Hunter's
Wed 20 Oct
14:57 UTC
Last quarter
Thu 28 Oct
20:05 UTC

In October 2021 the primary moon phases are the New Moon on Wednesday, October 6 at 11:05 UTC, the First Quarter on Wednesday, October 13 at 03:25 UTC, the Full Moon on Wednesday, October 20 at 14:57 UTC and the Last Quarter on Thursday, October 28 at 20:05 UTC. The full moon is the Hunter's Moon.

01 Waning Crescent, 27% lit 27% 02 Waning Crescent, 19% lit 19% 03 Waning Crescent, 11% lit 11% 04 Waning Crescent, 5% lit 5% 05 Waning Crescent, 1% lit 1% 06New New Moon, 0% lit 0%11:05 07 Waxing Crescent, 2% lit 2% 08 Waxing Crescent, 6% lit 6% 09 Waxing Crescent, 13% lit 13% 10 Waxing Crescent, 21% lit 21% 11 Waxing Crescent, 32% lit 32% 12 Waxing Crescent, 43% lit 43% 13First Q First Quarter, 54% lit 54%03:25 14 Waxing Gibbous, 65% lit 65% 15 Waxing Gibbous, 75% lit 75% 16 Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit 83% 17 Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit 90% 18 Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit 95% 19 Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 20Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%14:57 21 Waning Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 22 Waning Gibbous, 97% lit 97% 23 Waning Gibbous, 93% lit 93% 24 Waning Gibbous, 87% lit 87% 25 Waning Gibbous, 80% lit 80% 26 Waning Gibbous, 72% lit 72% 27 Waning Gibbous, 63% lit 63% 28Last Q Last Quarter, 53% lit 53%20:05 29 Waning Crescent, 44% lit 44% 30 Waning Crescent, 34% lit 34% 31 Waning Crescent, 24% lit 24%

Exact phase times

October 2021 has four primary moon phases: the New Moon on October 6, the First Quarter on October 13, the Full Moon on October 20 and the Last Quarter on October 28.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
New MoonWednesday, October 6, 202111:05
First QuarterWednesday, October 13, 202103:25
Full MoonWednesday, October 20, 202114:57
Last QuarterThursday, October 28, 202120:05

Wednesday, October 20, 2021: Hunter's Moon, 399,408 km from Earth.

Full moons · 2021

Twelve full moons, one blue

28 Jan Wolf 27 Feb Snow 28 Mar Worm Supermoon 27 Apr Pink Supermoon 26 May Flower total eclipse 24 Jun Straw­berry Supermoon 24 Jul Buck 22 Aug Sturgeon Blue moon 20 Sept Harvest 20 Oct Hunter’s 19 Nov Beaver partial eclipse 19 Dec Cold Micromoon