Moon calendar: October 2026
Every moon phase, the Moon's sign each day and the key lunar dates for October 2026, calculated from real astronomical positions.
Key moon dates
- Last Quarter · in ♋︎ Cancer
- New Moon · in ♎︎ Libra
- First Quarter · in ♑︎ Capricorn
- Full Moon · Hunter's Moon · in ♉︎ Taurus
Times are shown in your local time when JavaScript is on, otherwise in UTC.
How to use this month's moon
New Moon in Libra (October 10). A good checkpoint for relationships and balance. Schedule time with someone you have been meaning to see, or set one fair boundary.
Full Moon in Taurus (October 26). Time to review what you are holding onto out of habit. Review subscriptions, possessions and routines that no longer fit.
Using the lunar cycle as a planning rhythm gives you a natural reset roughly every two weeks: set intentions at the new moon, check progress at the full moon. More in the new moon routine and the full moon reset.
Retrogrades during October 2026
- Mercury is retrograde from October 24 until November 13, 2026.
- Venus is retrograde from October 3 until November 14, 2026.
- Saturn is retrograde until December 11, 2026.
- Uranus is retrograde until February 8, 2027.
- Neptune is retrograde until December 12, 2026.
- Pluto is retrograde until October 16, 2026.
See every date in the retrograde calendar.
Day by day
| Date | Phase | Lit | Moon in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 | Waning Gibbous | 73% | ♊︎ Gemini |
| Fri 2 | Waning Gibbous | 62% | ♊︎ Gemini Gemini → Cancer, |
| Sat 3 | Last Quarter | 51% | ♋︎ Cancer |
| Sun 4 | Waning Crescent | 39% | ♋︎ Cancer Cancer → Leo, |
| Mon 5 | Waning Crescent | 29% | ♌︎ Leo |
| Tue 6 | Waning Crescent | 19% | ♌︎ Leo |
| Wed 7 | Waning Crescent | 11% | ♍︎ Virgo Leo → Virgo, |
| Thu 8 | Waning Crescent | 5% | ♍︎ Virgo |
| Fri 9 | Waning Crescent | 2% | ♎︎ Libra Virgo → Libra, |
| Sat 10 | New Moon | 0% | ♎︎ Libra |
| Sun 11 | Waxing Crescent | 1% | ♎︎ Libra Libra → Scorpio, |
| Mon 12 | Waxing Crescent | 4% | ♏︎ Scorpio |
| Tue 13 | Waxing Crescent | 8% | ♏︎ Scorpio |
| Wed 14 | Waxing Crescent | 14% | ♐︎ Sagittarius Scorpio → Sagittarius, |
| Thu 15 | Waxing Crescent | 22% | ♐︎ Sagittarius |
| Fri 16 | Waxing Crescent | 30% | ♐︎ Sagittarius Sagittarius → Capricorn, |
| Sat 17 | Waxing Crescent | 39% | ♑︎ Capricorn |
| Sun 18 | First Quarter | 48% | ♑︎ Capricorn |
| Mon 19 | Waxing Gibbous | 58% | ♒︎ Aquarius Capricorn → Aquarius, |
| Tue 20 | Waxing Gibbous | 67% | ♒︎ Aquarius |
| Wed 21 | Waxing Gibbous | 76% | ♒︎ Aquarius Aquarius → Pisces, |
| Thu 22 | Waxing Gibbous | 84% | ♓︎ Pisces |
| Fri 23 | Waxing Gibbous | 91% | ♓︎ Pisces Pisces → Aries, |
| Sat 24 | Waxing Gibbous | 96% | ♈︎ Aries |
| Sun 25 | Waxing Gibbous | 99% | ♈︎ Aries Aries → Taurus, |
| Mon 26 | Full Moon | 100% | ♉︎ Taurus |
| Tue 27 | Waning Gibbous | 97% | ♉︎ Taurus |
| Wed 28 | Waning Gibbous | 92% | ♊︎ Gemini Taurus → Gemini, |
| Thu 29 | Waning Gibbous | 85% | ♊︎ Gemini |
| Fri 30 | Waning Gibbous | 76% | ♋︎ Cancer Gemini → Cancer, |
| Sat 31 | Waning Gibbous | 65% | ♋︎ Cancer |
Phase, illumination and sign are given for 12:00 UTC each day. Sign changes show the exact moment the Moon moves into the next sign.
Calculated with Astronomy Engine. Astrological meanings are for reflection and planning, not prediction.