Skip to content
The Moon on Saturday, October 10, 2020: Last Quarter, 45% lit

Waning · 45.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 23°

Last Quarter at

00:40UTC

Moon phase on October 10, 2020Last Quarter

Saturday 10 October 2020386,009 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 10, 2020, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 45.3% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

45.3%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
386,009 km239,855 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (23°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 10, 2020 is on Thursday, October 1, 2020 at 21:05 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 16, 2020 at 19:31 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, October 1, 202021:05
Last Quarter (this day)Saturday, October 10, 202000:40
New Moon (after)Friday, October 16, 202019:31

The Moon around October 10

More about this date

Saturday, October 10, 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.