Moon Phase on
Updated · Daily moon data sampled at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time (UTC shown where relevant)
At 8:00 p.m. Eastern on , the moon is a Last Quarter at 56.5% illumination.
Lunar Details
- Phase
Last Quarter- Illumination at 8 p.m. ET
- 56.5%
- Moon age
- 21.86 days since new moon
- Sample instant
- , 8:00 p.m. EDT (, 12:00 a.m. UTC)
- Moonrise in New York City
- , 10:44 p.m. EDT (, 2:44 a.m. UTC)
- 13 month date
- September 23, 2026
- Next exact principal phase after this sample
- Last Quarter:
9:24 a.m. EDT
, 1:24 p.m. UTC
Daily phase names group the cycle into eight broad phase sectors, using progress between exact astronomical events. They describe the 8 p.m. Eastern sample, not the instant of a new moon, quarter moon, or full moon. The tables list those exact principal-phase instants separately.
Moonrise is calculated for New York City.
See every day in the October 2026 moon calendar.