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The Moon on Monday, October 19, 2026: Waxing Gibbous, 58% lit

Waxing · 58.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 05°

Moon age

8.8days

Moon phase on October 19, 2026Waxing Gibbous

Monday 19 October 2026400,505 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 19, 2026, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 58.0% of its visible face lit, 8.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

58.0%Illumination at noon UTC
8.8 dMoon age
400,505 km248,862 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (5°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 19, 2026 is on Monday, October 26, 2026 at 04:12 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 10, 2026 at 15:50 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, October 18, 202616:13
Full Moon (after)Monday, October 26, 202604:12

The Moon around October 19

More about this date

Monday, October 19, 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.