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The Moon on Thursday, October 1, 2020: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 04°

Full Moon at

21:05UTC

Moon phase on October 1, 2020Full Moon

Thursday 1 October 2020404,628 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 1, 2020, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.7% of its visible face lit, 14.0 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.7%Illumination at noon UTC
14.0 dMoon age
404,628 km251,424 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (5°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Harvest Moon, 405,138 km from Earth. Micromoon

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 1, 2020 is on Thursday, October 1, 2020 at 21:05 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 17, 2020 at 11:00 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, September 24, 202001:55
Full Moon (this day)Thursday, October 1, 202021:05
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, October 10, 202000:40

The Moon around October 1

More about this date

Thursday, October 1, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 17, 2020 to the new moon of October 16, 2020, a cycle of 29.35 days.