Waxing · 46.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 22°
First Quarter at
20:31UTC
Moon phase on October 20, 2015First Quarter
On Tuesday, October 20, 2015, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.3% of its visible face lit, 7.5 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
46.3%Illumination at noon UTC
7.5 dMoon age
381,548 km237,083 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (22°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to October 20, 2015 is on Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at 12:05 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 00:06 UTC, 7 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Tuesday, October 13, 2015 | 00:06 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Tuesday, October 20, 2015 | 20:31 |
| Full Moon (after) | Tuesday, October 27, 2015 | 12:05 |
The Moon around October 20
More about this date
Tuesday, October 20, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 13, 2015 to the new moon of November 11, 2015, a cycle of 29.74 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in October 2015, or the whole moon calendar 2015.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.