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Lunar Calendar New Zealand 2021 › Moon New Zealand October 2021

Lunar Calendar Month October 2021 (New Zealand)

The Moon is the only natural satellite of the Earth and the fifth largest moon in the Solar System. It is the largest natural satellite in the solar system relative to the size of its planet. The following is information specific for Wellington, New Zealand during October 2021.

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Date and time of moon phases

The information in the following table comes from calculations published by the Astronomical Applications Department of the U.S. Naval Observatory.

Moon phasesDatesTime
new moon2021-10-0700:05
1st quarter2021-10-1316:25
full moon2021-10-2103:57
3rd quarter2021-10-2909:05

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during October 2021.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Perigee2021-10-0906:29363,387 km
Apogee2021-10-2504:31405,614 km

Moon-Planet Conjunctions

A Moon-planet conjunction occurs when an astronomical object has either the same, or nearly the same, right ascension or the same ecliptic longitude of that of the Moon, as observed from Earth.

Astronomical ObjectsDate and Time
Beehive2021-10-02 02:08
Venus2021-10-10 07:36
Saturn2021-10-14 20:12
Jupiter2021-10-15 22:58
Pollux2021-10-28 09:40
Beehive2021-10-29 10:32

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 31 days of October 2021.

The information of the moon (phases of the moon, cycles of the moon) presented here applies to all the territory of New Zealand.

October 2021
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 39
27 Monday
 
28 Tuesday
 
29 Wednesday
 
30 Thursday
 
1Friday
 
36.7% illuminated
Age: 23.4
2Saturday
 
27.4% illuminated
Age: 24.3
3Sunday
 
18.8% illuminated
Age: 25.3
Week 40
4Monday
 
11.3% illuminated
Age: 26.3
5Tuesday
 
5.3% illuminated
Age: 27.3
6Wednesday
 
1.4% illuminated
Age: 28.4
7Thursday
 
0% illuminated
Age: 29.5
8Friday
 
1.4% illuminated
Age: 1.1
9Saturday
 
5.5% illuminated
Age: 2.2
10Sunday
 
12.2% illuminated
Age: 3.4
Week 41
11Monday
 
21% illuminated
Age: 4.5
12Tuesday
 
31.3% illuminated
Age: 5.6
13Wednesday
 
42.3% illuminated
Age: 6.7
14Thursday
 
53.6% illuminated
Age: 7.7
15Friday
 
64.4% illuminated
Age: 8.8
16Saturday
 
74.4% illuminated
Age: 9.8
17Sunday
 
83% illuminated
Age: 10.8
Week 42
18Monday
 
90.1% illuminated
Age: 11.8
19Tuesday
 
95.3% illuminated
Age: 12.7
20Wednesday
 
98.7% illuminated
Age: 13.7
21Thursday
 
100% illuminated
Age: 14.6
22Friday
 
99.3% illuminated
Age: 15.5
23Saturday
 
96.9% illuminated
Age: 16.4
24Sunday
 
92.7% illuminated
Age: 17.3
Week 43
25Monday
 
87.1% illuminated
Age: 18.2
26Tuesday
 
80.1% illuminated
Age: 19.1
27Wednesday
 
72% illuminated
Age: 20
28Thursday
 
63.1% illuminated
Age: 20.9
29Friday
 
53.6% illuminated
Age: 21.8
30Saturday
 
43.7% illuminated
Age: 22.7
31Sunday
 
33.8% illuminated
Age: 23.7
1 Monday
 
2 Tuesday
 
3 Wednesday
 
4 Thursday
 
5 Friday
 
6 Saturday
 
7 Sunday
 
8 Monday
 
9 Tuesday
 
10 Wednesday
 
11 Thursday
 
12 Friday
 
13 Saturday
 
14 Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z