MoonPhases

October 2025 · Saturday · 11 months ago

18 October 2025

Waning Crescent

8% illuminated and waning, 26.7 days into the lunar cycle.

The moon on 18 October 2025: Waning Crescent, 8% illuminated

Ephemeris for 18 October 2025 at 12:00 UTC

Phase
Waning Crescent
Illumination
8.4%
Lunar age
26.7 days
Elongation
326.4°
Distance
396,920 km
Distance (mi)
246,634 mi
Apparent size
30.1′
Constellation
Virgo
Libration lat
0.6° N
Libration lon
5.5° 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
London04:0010:3716:5641.3°
New York04:1710:4016:5351.0°
Chicago04:1310:3616:4849.6°
Denver04:2710:4816:5851.5°
Los Angeles04:2410:4216:5257.0°
Mexico City04:0910:2416:3472.1°
São Paulo03:4609:4815:5563.3°
Berlin04:0210:4117:0240.5°

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 3 days
First Quarter29 October 202516:21in 11 days
Full Moon5 November 202513:19in 18 days
Last Quarter12 November 202505:28in 25 days