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The Moon on Monday, October 26, 2020: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 77.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 07°

Moon age

9.7days

Moon phase on October 26, 2020Waxing Gibbous

Monday 26 October 2020399,495 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 26, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 77.9% of its visible face lit, 9.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.9%Illumination at noon UTC
9.7 dMoon age
399,495 km248,234 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (8°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 26, 2020 is on Saturday, October 31, 2020 at 14:49 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 16, 2020 at 19:31 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, October 23, 202013:23
Full Moon (after)Saturday, October 31, 202014:49

The Moon around October 26

More about this date

Monday, October 26, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 16, 2020 to the new moon of November 15, 2020, a cycle of 29.40 days.