Moon calendar

Moon phases in October 2028

The full moon falls on 3 October 2028.

Phases

Full moon3 October 2028 at 16:25 UTC405,146 km away
Last quarter11 October 2028 at 11:57 UTC378,670 km away
New moon18 October 2028 at 02:57 UTC360,096 km away
First quarter25 October 2028 at 04:53 UTC396,293 km away

Perigee and apogee

Event	Date and time (UTC)	Distance
Apogee	1 October 2028 at 21:38	406,231 km
Perigee	17 October 2028 at 00:39	359,002 km
Apogee	29 October 2028 at 06:53	405,543 km

The Moon's distance varies by more than 40,000 km over a month. At perigee the disc appears about 14% wider than at apogee — a difference that is obvious in a photograph and almost impossible to judge by eye, since there is nothing in the sky to compare it to.

Times from an ELP-derived lunar theory, accurate to within one arcminute. Watch the phase change in the live simulation. A new moon is when a solar eclipse becomes possible; a full moon, a lunar one.