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The Moon on Monday, October 12, 2026: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 3.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 10°

Moon age

1.8days

Moon phase on October 12, 2026Waxing Crescent

Monday 12 October 2026394,673 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 12, 2026, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.7% of its visible face lit, 1.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.7%Illumination at noon UTC
1.8 dMoon age
394,673 km245,238 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (11°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 12, 2026 is on Monday, October 26, 2026 at 04:12 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 10, 2026 at 15:50 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, October 10, 202615:50
First Quarter (after)Sunday, October 18, 202616:13

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Monday, October 12, 2026 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 10, 2026 to the new moon of November 9, 2026, a cycle of 29.63 days.