Waxing · 49.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 29°
First Quarter at
13:23UTC
Moon phase on October 23, 2020First Quarter
On Friday, October 23, 2020, the Moon was a First Quarter: 49.5% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
49.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
385,519 km239,551 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (30°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to October 23, 2020 is on Saturday, October 31, 2020 at 14:49 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 16, 2020 at 19:31 UTC, 7 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Friday, October 16, 2020 | 19:31 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Friday, October 23, 2020 | 13:23 |
| Full Moon (after) | Saturday, October 31, 2020 | 14:49 |
The Moon around October 23
More about this date
Friday, October 23, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 16, 2020 to the new moon of November 15, 2020, a cycle of 29.40 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in October 2020, or the whole moon calendar 2020.
- The same date one year apart: 2019 · 2021.
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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.