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The Moon on Thursday, October 2, 2025: Waxing Gibbous, 74% lit

Waxing · 74.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 08°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on October 2, 2025Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 2 October 2025384,861 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 2, 2025, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 74.4% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

74.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
384,861 km239,142 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (9°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 2, 2025 is on Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 03:48 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 21, 2025 at 19:54 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, September 29, 202523:54
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, October 7, 202503:48

The Moon around October 2

More about this date

Thursday, October 2, 2025 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 21, 2025 to the new moon of October 21, 2025, a cycle of 29.69 days.