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The Moon on Thursday, October 1, 2026: Waning Gibbous, 73% lit

Waning · 72.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 11°

Moon age

20.4days

Moon phase on October 1, 2026Waning Gibbous

Thursday 1 October 2026369,368 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 1, 2026, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 72.9% of its visible face lit, 20.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

72.9%Illumination at noon UTC
20.4 dMoon age
369,368 km229,514 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (11°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 1, 2026 is on Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 16:49 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 10, 2026 at 15:50 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, September 26, 202616:49
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, October 3, 202613:25

The Moon around October 1

More about this date

Thursday, October 1, 2026 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 11, 2026 to the new moon of October 10, 2026, a cycle of 29.52 days.