Sky calendar

The full moon in July 2028

July's full moon — traditionally the Buck 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 Capricorn, the Sun exactly opposite, both at their computed longitudes

July 6, 2028 at 18:10 UTC

Full moon in Capricorn · peak illumination — the instant the Moon sits exactly opposite the Sun

This full moon is also a partial lunar eclipse — the Moon crosses Earth's shadow (magnitude 0.36). Astrologers read an eclipsed full moon as the emphatic version of the month's reveal.

A full moon in Capricorn

A full moon in Capricorn audits the ambitions. What you have built gets weighed against what you said you were building. Useful, if you let it be.

Also this month

The new moon falls on July 22, 2028 at 03:01 UTC in Cancer— 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.