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The Moon on Thursday, October 17, 2024: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 100.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 24°

Full Moon at

11:26UTC

Moon phase on October 17, 2024Full Moon

Thursday 17 October 2024357,378 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 17, 2024, the Moon was a Full Moon: 100.0% of its visible face lit, 14.7 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

100.0%Illumination at noon UTC
14.7 dMoon age
357,378 km222,064 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (25°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Hunter's Moon, 357,357 km from Earth. Closest supermoon of the year

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 17, 2024 is on Thursday, October 17, 2024 at 11:26 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 2, 2024 at 18:49 UTC, 15 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, October 10, 202418:55
Full Moon (this day)Thursday, October 17, 202411:26
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, October 24, 202408:03

The Moon around October 17

More about this date

Thursday, October 17, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 2, 2024 to the new moon of November 1, 2024, a cycle of 29.75 days.