New Moon October 2025 in Libra
The new moon of October 2025 is exact on Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at 12:25 UTC, with the Sun and Moon together at 28°22' Libra. Your time:
Status as of November 2, 2026: 376 days ago.
What time is the October 2025 new moon?
At 12:25 UTC on October 21, 2025, which is Tue, Oct 21, 08:25 AM in New York and Tue, Oct 21, 05:25 AM in Los Angeles.
What sign is the October 2025 new moon in?
Libra: the Sun and Moon meet at 28°22' Libra.
Can you see the October 2025 new moon?
No: the Moon is between Earth and the Sun with its unlit side towards us, and the first thin crescent shows low in the west after sunset about a day or two later, around October 23, 2025.
Is the October 2025 new moon a supermoon?
No: at 404,277 km the Moon is farther than the 384,400 km average; it is number 11 of 2025’s 12 new moons by closeness.
Is the October 2025 new moon an eclipse?
No: the Moon passes 3.35° south of the ecliptic, so its shadow misses Earth.
When is the next new moon after October 2025?
On November 20, 2025 at 06:47 UTC, in Scorpio.
Computed details, October 21, 2025
| Exact time (UTC) | October 21, 2025, 12:25 UTC Your time: |
|---|---|
| Moon | ♎︎ 28°22' Libra |
| Sun | ♎︎ 28°21' Libra |
| Distance from Earth | 404,277 km (+19,877 km) |
| Apparent size | 29.5 arcminutes |
| Nearest perigee | October 8, 2025, 12:38 UTC · 359,807 km 13 d 0 h before |
| Distance from the ecliptic | 3.35° south |
| Closeness rank | 11 of 12 (2025) |
| Lunar month (to the next new moon) | 29 d 18 h |
Local clock readings
| Place | Local time |
|---|---|
| Los Angeles | Tue, Oct 21, 05:25 AM |
| New York | Tue, Oct 21, 08:25 AM |
| London | Tue, Oct 21, 01:25 PM |
| India | Tue, Oct 21, 05:55 PM |
| Sydney | Tue, Oct 21, 11:25 PM |
What a new moon in Libra means
With the Sun and Moon together in Libra, this new moon opens a cycle of about four weeks that peaks at the full moon in Taurus on November 5, 2025. Libra is a cardinal air sign ruled by Venus; its keywords: diplomatic, aesthetic, fair.
The collective mood leans toward company, fairness and pleasant surfaces. People smooth things over and avoid the hard conversation. Good for social plans, design and diplomacy; decisions tend to wait.
The instant is the same everywhere; only the clock reading changes. Distances are centre to centre. There is no official supermoon definition: here a supermoon is a new moon with the Moon within 360,000 km of Earth, a micromoon one beyond 405,000 km. Computed with astronomy-engine, tropical zodiac. Data: new-moon/2025.json (CC0 JSON).