Day: October 7, 2025

The Hunter’s Moon is back and it is a Supermoon

Information About October 2025 Full Moon Source: abcnews.go.com

When can you see the full Hunter’s Moon?

The full moon will reach peak illumination in the United States on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025, according to NASA. (According to other websites about Full Moons the date for this years is October 7th)

“The evening of October 6, look up and be amazed as the full moon is bigger and brighter because – it’s a supermoon!” a post on the agency’s website read. “This evening, the moon could appear to be about 30% brighter and up to 14% larger than a typical full moon.”

The Hunter’s Moon also doubles as a supermoon

This year’s October full moon, known as the Hunter’s Moon, will also shine as a powerful supermoon.

A supermoon occurs when the moon reaches the closest point in its orbit to Earth, making it appear bigger, brighter and more radiant than a typical full moon.

According to NASA, this Hunter’s Moon kicks off a rare series of three consecutive autumn supermoons, promising an especially striking night sky.

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October 8, 2025 Current Southern Hemisphere/Tomorrow’s Northern Hemisphere Moon Phase

You can find more moon phase details on both of the websites used in this post by clicking on each hyperlink.

Source: nineplanets.org

The Moon phase for October 8th, 2025 is a Waning Gibbous phase. This is the first phase after the Full Moon where the illumination of the moon decreases each day until it reaches 50% (the Last Quarter phase).

The waning (shrinking) gibbous Moon will rise after sunset in the east, transit the meridian after midnight, before setting after sunrise in the west.

Fun fact:

Phase Details

Phase: Waning Gibbous

Moon age: 15.87 days

Moon illumination: 99.25%

Moon tilt: -85.732°

Moon angle: 0.55

Moon distance: 360,225.64 km

Moon sign: Aries

Source: MoonGiant.com

You can use this link to go forward or backward in time for Moon phase information. If you are curious, you can even find out what phase the Moon was in when you or anyone else was born.

Today’s Waning Gibbous Phase

The Waning Gibbous on October 8 has an illumination of 96%. 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 8 the Moon is 16.56 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.

Phase Details

Phase: Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 96%
Moon Age: 16.56 days
Moon Angle: 0.55
Moon Distance: 363,891.38 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 149,422,650.81 km