MoonPhases

October 2025 · Thursday · 11 months ago

2 October 2025

Waxing Gibbous

74% illuminated and waxing, 10.7 days into the lunar cycle.

The moon on 2 October 2025: Waxing Gibbous, 74% illuminated

Ephemeris for 2 October 2025 at 12:00 UTC

Phase
Waxing Gibbous
Illumination
74.4%
Lunar age
10.7 days
Elongation
119.1°
Distance
384,861 km
Distance (mi)
239,142 mi
Apparent size
31.0′
Constellation
Aquarius
Libration lat
4.4° N
Libration lon
6.7° 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
London17:0421:1900:2317.9°
New York16:2821:2501:2029.8°
Chicago16:2621:2201:1328.8°
Denver16:3221:3301:3331.2°
Los Angeles16:1321:2801:4537.2°
Mexico City15:2721:0901:5751.7°
São Paulo13:4120:3202:3685.5°
Berlin17:1421:2300:2016.7°

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

Phases around this date

PhaseDateTime (UTC)From this date
Full Moon7 October 202503:48in 5 days
Last Quarter13 October 202518:13in 11 days
New Moon21 October 202512:25in 19 days
First Quarter29 October 202516:21in 27 days