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The Moon on Saturday, October 26, 2013: Last Quarter, 55% lit

Waning · 54.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 27°

Last Quarter at

23:41UTC

Moon phase on October 26, 2013Last Quarter

Saturday 26 October 2013404,023 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 26, 2013, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 54.7% of its visible face lit, 21.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

54.7%Illumination at noon UTC
21.5 dMoon age
404,023 km251,048 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (28°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 26, 2013 is on Friday, October 18, 2013 at 23:38 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 3, 2013 at 12:50 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, October 18, 201323:38
Last Quarter (this day)Saturday, October 26, 201323:41
New Moon (after)Sunday, November 3, 201312:50

The Moon around October 26

More about this date

Saturday, October 26, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 5, 2013 to the new moon of November 3, 2013, a cycle of 29.51 days.