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Friday, October 31, 2025
TODAY OCTOBER 31: A Bright Waxing Gibbous Moon.
Moon Phase for today: Oct 31, 2025
The Moon's current phase for today
and tonight is a Waxing Gibbous phase. Visible through most of the night
sky setting a few hours before sunrise. This phase is when the moon is
more than 50% illuminated but not yet a Full Moon.
- The phase lasts about 7 days with the moon becoming more illuminated each day until the Full Moon.
During a Waxing Gibbous the moon rises in the east in mid-afternoon and is high in the eastern sky at sunset. The word Gibbous first appeared in the 14th century and has its roots in the Latin word "gibbosus" meaning humpbacked.
Visit the October 2025 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.
Today's Waxing Gibbous Phase
The Waxing Gibbous on October 31 has
an illumination of 72%. This is the percentage of the Moon illuminated
by the Sun.
- The illumination is constantly changing and can vary up to 10% a day.
- On October 31 the Moon is 9.47 days old. This refers to how many days it has been since the last New Moon.
- It takes 29.53 days for the Moon to orbit the Earth and go through the lunar cycle of all 8 Moon phases.
The 8 Lunar Phases
There are 8 lunar phases the Moon goes through in its 29.53 days lunar cycle.
The 4 major Moon phases are Full Moon, New Moon, First Quarter and Last Quarter.
Between these major phases, there are 4
minor ones:
- the Waxing Crescent,
- Waxing Gibbous,
- Waning Gibbous and
- Waning Crescent.
The NEXT FULL MOON is
November 05, 2025
8:19am EST
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