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The Moon on Monday, October 26, 2015: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 18°

Moon age

13.5days

Moon phase on October 26, 2015Waxing Gibbous

Monday 26 October 2015358,456 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 26, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.5% of its visible face lit, 13.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.5 dMoon age
358,456 km222,734 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (19°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 26, 2015 is on Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at 12:05 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 00:06 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, October 20, 201520:31
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, October 27, 201512:05

The Moon around October 26

More about this date

Monday, October 26, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 13, 2015 to the new moon of November 11, 2015, a cycle of 29.74 days.