Since we crossed the border of the last autumn equinox, the nights are lengthening in the northern hemisphere, offering us every day a little more darkness to enjoy the phases of the Moon and the brightness of the stars. That extra enjoyment will come in handy, because the lunar calendar for October 2025 is coming in strong.

If you live in an area with low light pollution or have the opportunity to take some getaways this month to places far from the hustle and bustle of the city, you will be able to see some of the autumn constellationslike Andromeda, Pegasus or Cassiopeia, or the Orionid meteor showerwhich this year will reach its peak at the best possible time of the lunar cycle, when the new Moon sets and the night is blackest.

But well before then we will enjoy the full Moon in October. If the September full moon brought us a lunar eclipse, The Harvest Moon brings us an imposing supermoon, a full Moon that will be seen 14% larger and 30% brighter than what we are used to. It will be the first supermoon of the three that the 2025 lunar calendar gives us.

How things happen lunar phases in October and what else can be seen in the sky We will talk to you in this October lunar calendar, but also about how to take advantage of the influence that the Moon exerts on the Earth to better organize yourself when it comes to cut your hair or wax and achieve satisfactory and long-lasting results. The lunar phase, the ascending or descending orbit of the Moon and its height in the sky allow experts to fine-tune and choose the right moment.

The phases of the Moon in October 2025

The October lunar calendar begins with the Moon growing decisively. Once the 50% illumination threshold has been exceeded, the horizon we aspire to is, since the beginning of the month, the next full Moon.

October Full Moon, a Super Harvest Moon

He Tuesday, October 7, early morningthe Moon will align with the Earth and the Sun to enter its full moon. Both on the night of October 6 and the night of the 7th, our satellite will be completely illuminated, with the uniqueness that it will appear larger than usual. He lunar perigeethe moment when the Moon comes closest to the Earth in its orbit, takes place just one day later, the Thursday October 8, and that closeness is what will produce the expected optical effect for which it is called supermoon.

The full Moon in October is usually celebrated as the Hunter’s Moon, but this year, as the full Moon that fell closest to the autumn equinox, it has earned the title of Harvest Moon. Its light allowed, in ancient times, to lengthen the day in the field in a month of abundant harvests.

The peculiarity is that the Moon, in addition, stays in the night sky a little longer around the full Moon than at other times of the year. Instead of delaying your departure every night by 45 or 50 minutes, you will only be doing it every 25 or 30 minutes. This will allow us to enjoy a Full or almost full moon several days in a row very close to sunset time.

The Moon in last quarter next to Jupiter

The other three lunar phases that follow the full moon will occur in the remainder of October. With the Super Harvest Moon farewell, our satellite will gradually lose illumination to enter the last quarter of the month. Monday October 13. That night you can see very close to Jupiter, and also to Polluxthe brightest star in the constellation Gemini.

A new moon with shooting stars

Approximately a week later, it will reach the new moon or new moon phase. It will be the Tuesday October 21, coinciding with the peak of the Orionid rain and offering unbeatable conditions, if not spoiled by the weather, to hunt for a shooting star in the night sky.

The crescent at the end of the month

Coming to the end of the month, the Wednesday October 29the Moon will have begun to grow again and will already be passing the first quarter of a new lunar cycle. In addition to enjoying seeing the Moon in its first quarter, illuminated right in the middle, you will be able to see Mercury shining at sunset on one of the best days of the year to see it.

So that you do not miss the lunar phases for this month of October 2025, here is a small summary of when they occur:

• Full moon: Tuesday, October 7 at 5:48.
• Last quarter: Monday, October 13 at 8:14 p.m.
• New moon: Tuesday, October 21 at 2:25 p.m.
• Crescent: Wednesday, October 29 at 5:22 p.m.

What else to see in the October sky in 2025

October offers nights full of opportunities to enjoy celestial observations:

• From the beginning of the month the neighbor will be able to look very tall Andromeda galaxythat the jThursday October 2 It will be at the highest point of the celestial dome.
• In the night from Sunday the 5th to Monday the 6th October, the crescent Moon, now almost full, will be conjunct Saturn in retrograde motion.
• The activity of the Draconid rainwhich this year will reach its peak on the 8th, so close to the full Moon that it will be difficult to distinguish.
• Throughout the month, Venus will be seen in the morning sky before dawnevery day a little lower. He Sunday October 19 You will be able to see the morning star in the east, very close to the waning Moon above the horizon line.

• The same Sunday, October 19, but at sunsetanother conjunction will occur, this time between two planets: Mars will be seen near Mercury in the constellation of Libra.
• The moment of maximum intensity of the Orionid rainthe second best-known meteor shower of October, will take place on Tuesday, October 21 at New Moon. That same day a comet, C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), can also be seen with the naked eye approaching Earth.
• He Thursday October 23 a thin visible new Moon will invite us to look for Mars near her in the morning. Mercury will approach it a little later.
• He Wednesday October 29 We will have one of the best days to see Mercury at sunset, as it reaches its greatest eastern elongation. It is the moment when it separates the most from the Sun from our perspective, which allows us to distinguish it much better.

October 2025 lunar calendar to cut your hair and wax

Since time immemorial, human beings have focused on the Moon and other celestial bodies to plan field tasks and other activities related to the harvest. From biodynamic agriculture, each year the best time to work each type of plant is calculated in the most favorable way, taking into account the lunar calendar, and the same calculations that allow you to establish when it is best to plant, prune or transplant one type of plant or another They are used to determine if it is a good time or not to cut your hair. or shave.

According to experts, in the same way that the Moon influences with its movements and phase changes the movement of the masses of water that cover the surface of the Earth, it also affects the liquids that circulate through the tissues of living beingsmodulating its growth and vitality.

In biodynamic agriculture, the not only the phases of the Moon, but whether our satellite is ascending or descending in its orbit, if it is closer or farther from Earth, or if there may be other celestial bodies that are interfering with that influence, among other factors. Based on the data that each year offers the Maria Thun Biodynamic Farming Calendarfrom the Rudolf Steiner publishing house, we offer you how all this translates when it comes to choose a good time to get a haircut or wax.

Thus, if you want to take advantage of the lunar influence in your favor so that your haircut lasts longer and helps you strengthen or revitalize hairor so that the hair takes longer to come out when you shave, take note of the dates which you will find detailed below.

The best days in October to cut your hair and make it grow fast

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In the lunar calendar of October 2025, We see that the best days to cut your hair when you want to strengthen it They are concentrated in two periodsa short one in the middle of the month and another of several days in a row around the new Moon phase. This is because the Moon is descending in its orbit those days and, furthermore, it is at a certain height that favors the vitality of the roots, specifically when the Moon It moves in front of the so-called earth constellations.

In biodynamic agriculture, the times that favor nutrition and strengthening of roots are known as «root periods.» In our lunar haircut and waxing calendar, are marked in purple those that coincide with the descending orbit of the Moon, because they are the most favorable for scheduling a haircut that helps strengthen hair. It will grow slower, stronger and healthier.

In October 2025, these ideal days to get a haircut are as follows:

• Tuesday 14: Starting at 9 a.m., the entire day is very favorable for having a haircut (including early Wednesday morning until 5 a.m.).
• Saturday 18: Another ideal period to schedule a haircut begins at 6 p.m. and will last several days, so you have time to organize yourself.
• Sunday 19: All day is good for cutting your hair, if you do it at home.
• Monday 20th and Tuesday 21st: You have all day on both Monday and Tuesday to take advantage of the lunar influence in your favor if you want to strengthen your hair.
• Wednesday 22: in the morning until 1 p.m. you still have time to take advantage of this magnificent moment to get a haircut.

These days are also good for applying dyes, but not for shaving.

In the orchard and garden, The root periods are considered the most recommended to work in those plants you grow for their roots and tubersstimulate the roots of plants in general by removing the soil or harvest medicinal roots. The roots you harvest will keep better for longer.

The indicated dates for the haircut are root days with the descending Moon, so they are also the most suitable for transplant your root plants into the groundmulching the soil or planting green manures.

In addition to these dates, they are also root periods with the ascending Moon the days included Wednesday 1st at 10pm to Friday 3rd including, from Thursday 9 at 10 p.m. to Sunday at 8 a.m.and from Wednesday the 29th at 1:00 p.m. to Friday the 31st at 6:00 a.m..

When to cut your hair in October to make it grow faster

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If when cutting your hair you are especially interested in revitalizing it, then what you should choose is what is known in biodynamic agriculture as «leaf period» when it coincides with the ascending orbit of the Moon. Leaf periods occur when the Moon moves at the height of a water constellation.

In the October 2025 lunar calendar for hair cutting, we see that the favorable leaf periods for hair to be revitalized are divided into two moments…