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10/6/25 - Waning Gibbous Moon

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Backyard Astronomer

After the Full Hunter's Moon of October 7, the sunlit portion of the Moon will begin to shrink. This is because the Moon rises about thirty minutes later each night, putting it at a closer angle to the sun as it gradually passes into the morning sky.

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