How long should a phone interview last?

I wouldn't assign a time to it. I had one that lasted an hour and nothing came of it, and another one that was maybe 15 minutes that resulted in an offer.

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but I feel like it went pretty well for the most part and ended naturally enough.

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This sounds like it went fine.

Sometimes it is for an out of state position or out of city position and they want to decide if it's worth both parties' time to meet in person. Those are usually 25-30 minutes IMO.

A lot of the time it's someone from HR and they're deciding whether to pass you on to the hiring manager or your supervisor who will be interviewing you. These are usually brief and just cover your background and why you're looking to make a change. Think 10-15 mins or less.

It wasn't out of state (but well over a 5 hour drive),but I couldn't physically be there for the time he slotted me for. I asked him if he could change my time, but he said we could do a phone instead. Not sure that looks great, but I didn't have any other options.

The few I had were well over an hour each, but they were with who would be my direct supervisor and each (only 2)of them we had a lot in common (professionally and personally), I got both jobs. Both were followed up with on site interviews (out of state) which progressed into lunches.

curious myself, too. I'm looking at some positions OOS. I don't anticipate being flown in, based on the job. I still have to wait and see if I do get interviewd too.

My first job out of College I had an interview that lasted less than 10 minutes. As I was walking out of the building I looked at my watch and thought to myself; that was a short interview. They called me three hours later and offered me the job. So the length of the interview is not what matters.

I am a mid-level software developer where phone interviews are common.

I've been hired off of two telephone interviews alone that lasted less than 10 minutes. However, most may be slightly longer than this.