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The Moon on Wednesday, October 29, 2025: First Quarter, 48% lit

Waxing · 48.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 04°

First Quarter at

16:21UTC

Moon phase on October 29, 2025First Quarter

Wednesday 29 October 2025391,837 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 29, 2025, the Moon was a First Quarter: 48.3% of its visible face lit, 8.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

48.3%Illumination at noon UTC
8.0 dMoon age
391,837 km243,476 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (4°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 29, 2025 is on Wednesday, November 5, 2025 at 13:19 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at 12:25 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, October 21, 202512:25
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, October 29, 202516:21
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, November 5, 202513:19

The Moon around October 29

More about this date

Wednesday, October 29, 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.