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The Moon on Saturday, October 26, 2019: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 09°

Moon age

27.7days

Moon phase on October 26, 2019Waning Crescent

Saturday 26 October 2019361,305 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 26, 2019, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.2% of its visible face lit, 27.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.7 dMoon age
361,305 km224,504 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (10°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 26, 2019 is on Sunday, October 13, 2019 at 21:08 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 28, 2019 at 03:39 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, October 21, 201912:39
New Moon (after)Monday, October 28, 201903:39

The Moon around October 26

More about this date

Saturday, October 26, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 28, 2019 to the new moon of October 28, 2019, a cycle of 29.38 days.