MoonPhases

October 2025 · Friday · 11 months ago

17 October 2025

Waning Crescent

15% illuminated and waning, 25.7 days into the lunar cycle.

The moon on 17 October 2025: Waning Crescent, 15% illuminated

Ephemeris for 17 October 2025 at 12:00 UTC

Phase
Waning Crescent
Illumination
14.7%
Lunar age
25.7 days
Elongation
315.0°
Distance
393,488 km
Distance (mi)
244,502 mi
Apparent size
30.4′
Constellation
Virgo
Libration lat
0.9° S
Libration lon
6.3° 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
London02:4509:5516:4647.4°
New York03:1309:5916:3357.1°
Chicago03:0909:5516:2955.7°
Denver03:2410:0716:3857.6°
Los Angeles03:2510:0116:2863.1°
Mexico City03:1909:4216:0278.3°
São Paulo03:1509:0615:0357.2°
Berlin02:4609:5916:5346.6°

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 4 days
First Quarter29 October 202516:21in 12 days
Full Moon5 November 202513:19in 19 days
Last Quarter12 November 202505:28in 26 days