MoonPhases

October 2026 · Friday · in 15 days

2 October 2026

Waning Gibbous

62% illuminated and waning, 21.4 days into the lunar cycle.

The moon on 2 October 2026: Waning Gibbous, 62% illuminated

Ephemeris for 2 October 2026 at 12:00 UTC

Phase
Waning Gibbous
Illumination
62.2%
Lunar age
21.4 days
Elongation
256.0°
Distance
369,444 km
Distance (mi)
229,562 mi
Apparent size
32.3′
Constellation
Gemini
Libration lat
6.0° S
Libration lon
0.5° E

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
London21:3005:3514:4566.0°
New York22:4005:4413:5277.1°
Chicago22:3205:4113:5475.9°
Denver22:5405:5313:5778.1°
Los Angeles23:1105:4813:3183.8°
Mexico City23:3205:2912:2981.3°
São Paulo00:32 +104:4910:0937.7°
Berlin21:2505:3914:5665.0°

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 202613:25tomorrow
New Moon10 October 202615:50in 8 days
First Quarter18 October 202616:13in 16 days
Full Moon26 October 202604:12in 24 days