Waxing · 3.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 21°
Moon age
2.0days
Moon phase on October 23, 2025Waxing Crescent
On Thursday, October 23, 2025, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.7% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.
3.7%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
406,344 km252,490 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (22°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to October 23, 2025 is on Wednesday, November 5, 2025 at 13:19 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at 12:25 UTC, 2 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Tuesday, October 21, 2025 | 12:25 |
| First Quarter (after) | Wednesday, October 29, 2025 | 16:21 |
The Moon around October 23
More about this date
Thursday, October 23, 2025 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 21, 2025 to the new moon of November 20, 2025, a cycle of 29.77 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in October 2025, or the whole moon calendar 2025.
- The same date one year apart: 2024 · 2026.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.