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The Moon on Sunday, October 4, 2026: Waning Crescent, 39% lit

Waning · 39.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 23°

Moon age

23.4days

Moon phase on October 4, 2026Waning Crescent

Sunday 4 October 2026371,196 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 4, 2026, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 39.4% of its visible face lit, 23.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

39.4%Illumination at noon UTC
23.4 dMoon age
371,196 km230,650 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (24°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 4, 2026 is on Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 16:49 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 10, 2026 at 15:50 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, October 3, 202613:25
New Moon (after)Saturday, October 10, 202615:50

The Moon around October 4

More about this date

Sunday, October 4, 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.