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The Moon on Monday, October 6, 2025: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 04°

Moon age

14.7days

Moon phase on October 6, 2025Waxing Gibbous

Monday 6 October 2025363,365 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 6, 2025, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.4% of its visible face lit, 14.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.4%Illumination at noon UTC
14.7 dMoon age
363,365 km225,785 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (4°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 6, 2025 is on Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 03:48 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 21, 2025 at 19:54 UTC, 15 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 6

More about this date

Monday, October 6, 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.