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The Moon on Wednesday, October 28, 2026: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 92.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 06°

Moon age

17.8days

Moon phase on October 28, 2026Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 28 October 2026364,438 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 28, 2026, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 92.4% of its visible face lit, 17.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

92.4%Illumination at noon UTC
17.8 dMoon age
364,438 km226,451 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (7°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 28, 2026 is on Monday, October 26, 2026 at 04:12 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 9, 2026 at 07:02 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, October 26, 202604:12
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, November 1, 202620:28

The Moon around October 28

More about this date

Wednesday, October 28, 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.