MoonPhases

October 2025 · Thursday · 11 months ago

16 October 2025

Waning Crescent

23% illuminated and waning, 24.7 days into the lunar cycle.

The moon on 16 October 2025: Waning Crescent, 23% illuminated

Ephemeris for 16 October 2025 at 12:00 UTC

Phase
Waning Crescent
Illumination
22.6%
Lunar age
24.7 days
Elongation
303.4°
Distance
389,577 km
Distance (mi)
242,072 mi
Apparent size
30.7′
Constellation
Leo
Libration lat
2.3° S
Libration lon
6.9° 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
London01:2709:1116:3453.2°
New York02:0709:1516:1162.9°
Chicago02:0209:1216:0861.6°
Denver02:1909:2316:1663.4°
Los Angeles02:2409:1816:0269.0°
Mexico City02:2608:5915:2884.2°
São Paulo02:4108:2214:0951.4°
Berlin01:2609:1516:4252.3°

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

Phases around this date

PhaseDateTime (UTC)From this date
New Moon21 October 202512:25in 5 days
First Quarter29 October 202516:21in 13 days
Full Moon5 November 202513:19in 20 days
Last Quarter12 November 202505:28in 27 days