The full moon in August 2025
August's full moon — traditionally the Sturgeon Moon — with its exact peak computed from JPL ephemeris data and shown in your timezone.
The sky at the instant of the full moon — the Moon in Aquarius, the Sun exactly opposite, both at their computed longitudes
August 9, 2025 at 07:55 UTC
Full moon in Aquarius · peak illumination — the instant the Moon sits exactly opposite the Sun
A full moon in Aquarius
A full moon in Aquarius zooms out to the group — friends, movements, the system you are part of. It favors the unconventional fix over the polite one.
Also this month
The new moon falls on August 23, 2025 at 06:06 UTC in Virgo— the start of the next lunar cycle.
Every time on this page is computed from JPL ephemeris data — the same source NASA navigates by — and shown in your timezone. Want to know what the sky is doing to your chart? Start with the Big Three quiz or build your chart.