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The Moon on Tuesday, October 26, 2021: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 71.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 07°

Moon age

20.0days

Moon phase on October 26, 2021Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 26 October 2021403,788 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 26, 2021, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 71.9% of its visible face lit, 20.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

71.9%Illumination at noon UTC
20.0 dMoon age
403,788 km250,902 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (7°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 26, 2021 is on Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 14:57 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 4, 2021 at 21:15 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, October 20, 202114:57
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, October 28, 202120:05

The Moon around October 26

More about this date

Tuesday, October 26, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 6, 2021 to the new moon of November 4, 2021, a cycle of 29.42 days.