Waning · 99.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 08°
Moon age
15.0days
Moon phase on October 21, 2021Waning Gibbous
On Thursday, October 21, 2021, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.2% of its visible face lit, 15.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
99.2%Illumination at noon UTC
15.0 dMoon age
401,583 km249,532 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (8°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to October 21, 2021 is on Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 14:57 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 4, 2021 at 21:15 UTC, 14 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Wednesday, October 20, 2021 | 14:57 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Thursday, October 28, 2021 | 20:05 |
The Moon around October 21
More about this date
Thursday, October 21, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in October 2021, or the whole moon calendar 2021.
- The same date one year apart: 2020 · 2022.
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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.