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Moon phases in October 2026

All times are UTC. A phase is an instant, not a day — if you are west of Greenwich, the local date can be the one before.

Last QuarterHalf lit again, the mirror image of the first quarter.Sat, Oct 3, 13:25 UTC

New MoonThe moon is between us and the sun, lit on the side we cannot see.Sat, Oct 10, 15:50 UTC

First QuarterExactly half lit — the moon is a quarter of the way round its orbit.Sun, Oct 18, 16:12 UTC

Full MoonEarth sits between sun and moon; the whole visible face is lit.Mon, Oct 26, 04:11 UTC

Every day this month

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A month is easy to read; a birth chart is not. If you want the version that accounts for where these moons fall in your own chart, that is what a personal reading is for. See a reading from your birth moon →

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