MoonPhases

October 2026 · Thursday · in 14 days

1 October 2026

Waning Gibbous

73% illuminated and waning, 20.4 days into the lunar cycle.

The moon on 1 October 2026: Waning Gibbous, 73% illuminated

Ephemeris for 1 October 2026 at 12:00 UTC

Phase
Waning Gibbous
Illumination
72.9%
Lunar age
20.4 days
Elongation
242.7°
Distance
369,368 km
Distance (mi)
229,514 mi
Apparent size
32.3′
Constellation
Gemini
Libration lat
6.5° S
Libration lon
0.6° W

Moonrise and moonset

Times in each city's own time zone. A “+1” means the event falls on the following day — the lunar day is about 50 minutes longer than ours, so rise and set drift later each date.
CityMoonriseTransitMoonsetPeak altitude
London20:3004:3313:3464.4°
New York21:3604:4112:4675.9°
Chicago21:2804:3812:4874.8°
Denver21:4904:5012:5277.1°
Los Angeles22:0604:4612:2782.9°
Mexico City22:2904:2611:2582.3°
São Paulo23:3003:4709:0839.0°
Berlin20:2604:3713:4563.3°

Somewhere else? The calculator works for any latitude and longitude, including your own.

Phases around this date

PhaseDateTime (UTC)From this date
Last Quarter3 October 202613:25in 2 days
New Moon10 October 202615:50in 9 days
First Quarter18 October 202616:13in 17 days
Full Moon26 October 202604:12in 25 days