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The Moon on Tuesday, October 6, 2026: Waning Crescent, 19% lit

Waning · 19.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 21°

Moon age

25.4days

Moon phase on October 6, 2026Waning Crescent

Tuesday 6 October 2026374,740 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 6, 2026, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 19.1% of its visible face lit, 25.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

19.1%Illumination at noon UTC
25.4 dMoon age
374,740 km232,853 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (21°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around October 6

More about this date

Tuesday, October 6, 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.