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The Moon on Friday, October 30, 2026: Waning Gibbous, 76% lit

Waning · 75.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 05°

Moon age

19.8days

Moon phase on October 30, 2026Waning Gibbous

Friday 30 October 2026366,188 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 30, 2026, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 75.8% of its visible face lit, 19.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

75.8%Illumination at noon UTC
19.8 dMoon age
366,188 km227,539 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (6°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 30, 2026 is on Monday, October 26, 2026 at 04:12 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 9, 2026 at 07:02 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around October 30

More about this date

Friday, October 30, 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.