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The Moon on Wednesday, October 13, 2021: First Quarter, 54% lit

Waxing · 54.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 24°

First Quarter at

03:25UTC

Moon phase on October 13, 2021First Quarter

Wednesday 13 October 2021374,893 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 13, 2021, the Moon was a First Quarter: 54.1% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

54.1%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
374,893 km232,948 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (25°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 13, 2021 is on Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 14:57 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 6, 2021 at 11:05 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, October 6, 202111:05
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, October 13, 202103:25
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, October 20, 202114:57

The Moon around October 13

More about this date

Wednesday, October 13, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 6, 2021 to the new moon of November 4, 2021, a cycle of 29.42 days.