MoonPhases

October 2025 · Tuesday · 11 months ago

21 October 2025

New Moon

0% illuminated and waning, 29.7 days into the lunar cycle.

The moon on 21 October 2025: New Moon, 0% illuminated

Ephemeris for 21 October 2025 at 12:00 UTC

Phase
New Moon
Illumination
0.1%
Lunar age
29.7 days
Elongation
359.8°
Distance
404,247 km
Distance (mi)
251,188 mi
Apparent size
29.6′
Constellation
Libra
Libration lat
4.4° N
Libration lon
2.2° 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
London07:3712:3817:2823.8°
New York07:2312:4317:5433.6°
Chicago07:2212:3917:4732.3°
Denver07:3012:5018:0234.2°
Los Angeles07:1612:4518:0739.7°
Mexico City06:3712:2618:1254.8°
São Paulo05:1611:5018:2980.8°
Berlin07:4312:4317:3023.0°

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 202512:25today
First Quarter29 October 202516:21in 8 days
Full Moon5 November 202513:19in 15 days
Last Quarter12 November 202505:28in 22 days