Daily lunar detail

October 2056 Moon Calendar

The month opens with a Last Quarter and closes with a Last Quarter. It contains 5 exact major phase events.

Icons use the common Northern Hemisphere convention: waxing light on the right, waning light on the left. Your sky may appear rotated at other latitudes.

Last QuarterOctober 1, 2056 at 11:33 PM UTC
New MoonOctober 9, 2056 at 3:00 AM UTC
First QuarterOctober 15, 2056 at 5:58 PM UTC
Full MoonOctober 23, 2056 at 11:46 AM UTC
Last QuarterOctober 31, 2056 at 4:12 PM UTC

The lunar story of October 2056

New Moon occurs October 9, 2056. Full Moon occurs October 23, 2056. The first major event is Last Quarter on October 1, 2056, and the month progresses from 55% to 52% illumination at noon UTC on its boundary dates.

Choosing a day

Select any Moon to open its precise phase angle, illuminated fraction, elapsed age since New Moon, trend, and neighboring event. Date result pages remain shareable but are excluded from search indexing.

Questions, answered

Frequently asked questions

What time are daily phases calculated?

12:00 UTC, chosen deliberately to keep date-only selections stable worldwide.

Why can a local phase event fall on another date?

An event near 00:00 UTC may occur on the previous local date west of Greenwich or the next local date east of it.

Do the icons show sky orientation?

They use a Northern Hemisphere convention; actual orientation rotates with latitude and viewing angle.