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A MONTH OF WAXING AND WANING LIGHT

October 2026 Moon phase calendar

Major phase dates and times are in UTC. Daily phase and illumination are for 03:00 UTC on each date, the same moment as each day’s Moon page.

Major phase times

Last Quarter
New Moon
First Quarter
Full Moon

Which time zone does this calendar use?

Each major phase happens at the same instant worldwide. The dates and times here are in UTC, so where you are the date can be a day earlier or later. The 2026 Full Moon calendar gives full Moon names and times in US Eastern Time.

Daily phase and illumination are for 03:00 UTC, the same moment as each day’s Moon page. For moonrise and moonset where you are, see Moonrise and moonset tonight.

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Daily Moon phase

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Daily Moon phase and illumination for October 2026, at 03:00 UTC each day
DateMoonPhaseIllumination
Oct 1Waning Gibbous77%
Oct 2Waning Gibbous66%
Oct 3Waning Gibbous55%
Oct 4Waning Crescent44%
Oct 5Waning Crescent33%
Oct 6Waning Crescent23%
Oct 7Waning Crescent14%
Oct 8Waning Crescent7%
Oct 9Waning Crescent3%
Oct 10New Moon0%
Oct 11New Moon0%
Oct 12Waxing Crescent2%
Oct 13Waxing Crescent6%
Oct 14Waxing Crescent12%
Oct 15Waxing Crescent19%
Oct 16Waxing Crescent27%
Oct 17Waxing Crescent36%
Oct 18Waxing Crescent45%
Oct 19Waxing Gibbous54%
Oct 20Waxing Gibbous64%
Oct 21Waxing Gibbous73%
Oct 22Waxing Gibbous81%
Oct 23Waxing Gibbous89%
Oct 24Waxing Gibbous95%
Oct 25Waxing Gibbous98%
Oct 26Full Moon100%
Oct 27Waning Gibbous99%
Oct 28Waning Gibbous95%
Oct 29Waning Gibbous88%
Oct 30Waning Gibbous80%
Oct 31Waning Gibbous69%
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