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The Moon on Saturday, October 31, 2026: Waning Gibbous, 65% lit

Waning · 65.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 20°

Moon age

20.8days

Moon phase on October 31, 2026Waning Gibbous

Saturday 31 October 2026368,520 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 31, 2026, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 65.3% of its visible face lit, 20.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

65.3%Illumination at noon UTC
20.8 dMoon age
368,520 km228,988 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (20°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 31, 2026 is on Monday, October 26, 2026 at 04:12 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 9, 2026 at 07:02 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around October 31

More about this date

Saturday, October 31, 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.