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The Moon on Thursday, October 15, 2026: Waxing Crescent, 22% lit

Waxing · 21.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 17°

Moon age

4.8days

Moon phase on October 15, 2026Waxing Crescent

Thursday 15 October 2026403,367 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 15, 2026, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 21.8% of its visible face lit, 4.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.8 dMoon age
403,367 km250,641 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (18°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 15, 2026 is on Monday, October 26, 2026 at 04:12 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 10, 2026 at 15:50 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 15

More about this date

Thursday, October 15, 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.