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The Moon on Friday, October 17, 2025: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 14.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 09°

Moon age

25.7days

Moon phase on October 17, 2025Waning Crescent

Friday 17 October 2025393,488 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 17, 2025, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.7% of its visible face lit, 25.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.7%Illumination at noon UTC
25.7 dMoon age
393,488 km244,502 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (9°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 17, 2025 is on Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 03:48 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at 12:25 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, October 13, 202518:13
New Moon (after)Tuesday, October 21, 202512:25

The Moon around October 17

More about this date

Friday, October 17, 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.