Waning · 50.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 27°
Last Quarter at
12:39UTC
Moon phase on October 21, 2019Last Quarter
On Monday, October 21, 2019, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 50.4% of its visible face lit, 22.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .
50.4%Illumination at noon UTC
22.7 dMoon age
375,551 km233,356 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (27°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to October 21, 2019 is on Sunday, October 13, 2019 at 21:08 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 28, 2019 at 03:39 UTC, 7 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Sunday, October 13, 2019 | 21:08 |
| Last Quarter (this day) | Monday, October 21, 2019 | 12:39 |
| New Moon (after) | Monday, October 28, 2019 | 03:39 |
The Moon around October 21
More about this date
Monday, October 21, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 28, 2019 to the new moon of October 28, 2019, a cycle of 29.38 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in October 2019, or the whole moon calendar 2019.
- The same date one year apart: 2018 · 2020.
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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.