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The Moon on Friday, October 9, 2026: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 02°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on October 9, 2026Waning Crescent

Friday 9 October 2026383,376 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 9, 2026, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.6% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
383,376 km238,219 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (2°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 9, 2026 is on Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 16:49 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 10, 2026 at 15:50 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around October 9

More about this date

Friday, October 9, 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.