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The Moon on Saturday, October 26, 2024: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 29.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 28°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on October 26, 2024Waning Crescent

Saturday 26 October 2024400,659 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 26, 2024, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 29.4% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

29.4%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
400,659 km248,958 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (28°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 26, 2024 is on Thursday, October 17, 2024 at 11:26 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 1, 2024 at 12:47 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, October 24, 202408:03
New Moon (after)Friday, November 1, 202412:47

The Moon around October 26

More about this date

Saturday, October 26, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 2, 2024 to the new moon of November 1, 2024, a cycle of 29.75 days.