The Sturgeon Moon is full on 17 August. Watch it rise in the east as the sun goes down.
It rises full on the evening of 16 August in the Americas, and of 17 August in Africa, Asia and most of Europe and Oceania. The Sturgeon Moon is August’s full moon, by the names North American almanacs give each month’s. It is 405,078 km away, with a penumbral lunar eclipse.
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The Americas
Atlanta16 Aug · rises 8:06 PM in the east-south-east · full at 3:28 AM on 17 Aug
Austin16 Aug · rises 7:55 PM in the east-south-east · full at 2:28 AM on 17 Aug
Bogotá16 Aug · rises 5:49 PM in the east-south-east · full at 2:28 AM on 17 Aug
Boston16 Aug · rises 7:26 PM in the east-south-east · full at 3:28 AM on 17 Aug
Buenos Aires16 Aug · rises 5:57 PM in the east-south-east · full at 4:28 AM on 17 Aug
Chicago16 Aug · rises 7:32 PM in the east-south-east · full at 2:28 AM on 17 Aug
Dallas16 Aug · rises 7:55 PM in the east-south-east · full at 2:28 AM on 17 Aug
Denver16 Aug · rises 7:39 PM in the east-south-east · full at 1:28 AM on 17 Aug
Houston16 Aug · rises 7:45 PM in the east-south-east · full at 2:28 AM on 17 Aug
Las Vegas16 Aug · rises 7:14 PM in the east-south-east · full at 12:28 AM on 17 Aug
Lima16 Aug · rises 5:43 PM in the east-south-east · full at 2:28 AM on 17 Aug
Los Angeles16 Aug · rises 7:24 PM in the east-south-east · full at 12:28 AM on 17 Aug
Mexico City16 Aug · rises 6:47 PM in the east-south-east · full at 1:28 AM on 17 Aug
Miami16 Aug · rises 7:37 PM in the east-south-east · full at 3:28 AM on 17 Aug
Minneapolis16 Aug · rises 8:01 PM in the east-south-east · full at 2:28 AM on 17 Aug
Montréal16 Aug · rises 7:42 PM in the east-south-east · full at 3:28 AM on 17 Aug
Nashville16 Aug · rises 7:19 PM in the east-south-east · full at 2:28 AM on 17 Aug
New Orleans16 Aug · rises 7:23 PM in the east-south-east · full at 2:28 AM on 17 Aug
New York16 Aug · rises 7:35 PM in the east-south-east · full at 3:28 AM on 17 Aug
Philadelphia16 Aug · rises 7:38 PM in the east-south-east · full at 3:28 AM on 17 Aug
Phoenix16 Aug · rises 6:58 PM in the east-south-east · full at 12:28 AM on 17 Aug
Portland16 Aug · rises 8:01 PM in the east-south-east · full at 12:28 AM on 17 Aug
Rio de Janeiro16 Aug · rises 5:11 PM in the east-south-east · full at 4:28 AM on 17 Aug
Salt Lake City16 Aug · rises 8:09 PM in the east-south-east · full at 1:28 AM on 17 Aug
San Diego16 Aug · rises 7:18 PM in the east-south-east · full at 12:28 AM on 17 Aug
San Francisco16 Aug · rises 7:47 PM in the east-south-east · full at 12:28 AM on 17 Aug
Santiago16 Aug · rises 5:50 PM in the east-south-east · full at 3:28 AM on 17 Aug
São Paulo16 Aug · rises 5:24 PM in the east-south-east · full at 4:28 AM on 17 Aug
Seattle16 Aug · rises 8:04 PM in the east-south-east · full at 12:28 AM on 17 Aug
Toronto16 Aug · rises 8:02 PM in the east-south-east · full at 3:28 AM on 17 Aug
Vancouver16 Aug · rises 8:11 PM in the east-south-east · full at 12:28 AM on 17 Aug
Washington, DC16 Aug · rises 7:44 PM in the east-south-east · full at 3:28 AM on 17 Aug
Europe
Amsterdam17 Aug · rises 8:55 PM in the east-south-east · full at 9:28 AM
Athens17 Aug · rises 8:17 PM in the east-south-east · full at 10:28 AM
Barcelona17 Aug · rises 8:49 PM in the east-south-east · full at 9:28 AM
Berlin17 Aug · rises 8:21 PM in the east-south-east · full at 9:28 AM
Brussels17 Aug · rises 8:54 PM in the east-south-east · full at 9:28 AM
Copenhagen17 Aug · rises 8:31 PM in the east-south-east · full at 9:28 AM
Dublin16 Aug · rises 8:30 PM in the east-south-east · full at 8:28 AM on 17 Aug
Edinburgh16 Aug · rises 8:27 PM in the east-south-east · full at 8:28 AM on 17 Aug
Hamburg17 Aug · rises 8:37 PM in the east-south-east · full at 9:28 AM
Helsinki17 Aug · rises 8:54 PM in the east-south-east · full at 10:28 AM
Istanbul17 Aug · rises 7:59 PM in the east-south-east · full at 10:28 AM
Lisbon17 Aug · rises 8:31 PM in the east-south-east · full at 8:28 AM
London17 Aug · rises 8:14 PM in the east-south-east · full at 8:28 AM
Madrid17 Aug · rises 9:11 PM in the east-south-east · full at 9:28 AM
Milan17 Aug · rises 8:26 PM in the east-south-east · full at 9:28 AM
Moscow17 Aug · rises 7:51 PM in the east-south-east · full at 10:28 AM
Munich17 Aug · rises 8:20 PM in the east-south-east · full at 9:28 AM
Nice17 Aug · rises 8:31 PM in the east-south-east · full at 9:28 AM
Oslo17 Aug · rises 8:50 PM in the east-south-east · full at 9:28 AM
Paris17 Aug · rises 8:59 PM in the east-south-east · full at 9:28 AM
Porto17 Aug · rises 8:32 PM in the east-south-east · full at 8:28 AM
Prague17 Aug · rises 8:12 PM in the east-south-east · full at 9:28 AM
Reykjavík16 Aug · rises 9:22 PM in the south-east · full at 7:28 AM on 17 Aug
Rome17 Aug · rises 8:07 PM in the east-south-east · full at 9:28 AM
Stockholm17 Aug · rises 8:19 PM in the east-south-east · full at 9:28 AM
Venice17 Aug · rises 8:13 PM in the east-south-east · full at 9:28 AM
Vienna17 Aug · rises 8:01 PM in the east-south-east · full at 9:28 AM
Warsaw17 Aug · rises 7:50 PM in the east-south-east · full at 9:28 AM
Zürich17 Aug · rises 8:31 PM in the east-south-east · full at 9:28 AM
Africa
Cairo17 Aug · rises 7:37 PM in the east-south-east · full at 10:28 AM
Cape Town17 Aug · rises 6:36 PM in the east-south-east · full at 9:28 AM
Lagos17 Aug · rises 7:12 PM in the east · full at 8:28 AM
Marrakesh17 Aug · rises 8:19 PM in the east-south-east · full at 8:28 AM
Nairobi17 Aug · rises 6:48 PM in the east · full at 10:28 AM
Asia
Bali17 Aug · rises 6:19 PM in the east-south-east · full at 3:28 PM
Bangkok17 Aug · rises 6:39 PM in the east-south-east · full at 2:28 PM
Beijing17 Aug · rises 7:03 PM in the east-south-east · full at 3:28 PM
Bengaluru17 Aug · rises 6:42 PM in the east-south-east · full at 12:58 PM
Delhi17 Aug · rises 6:58 PM in the east-south-east · full at 12:58 PM
Hong Kong17 Aug · rises 6:51 PM in the east-south-east · full at 3:28 PM
Kyoto17 Aug · rises 6:37 PM in the east-south-east · full at 4:28 PM
Mumbai17 Aug · rises 7:07 PM in the east-south-east · full at 12:58 PM
Osaka17 Aug · rises 6:38 PM in the east-south-east · full at 4:28 PM
Seoul17 Aug · rises 7:16 PM in the east-south-east · full at 4:28 PM
Shanghai17 Aug · rises 6:31 PM in the east-south-east · full at 3:28 PM
Singapore17 Aug · rises 7:15 PM in the east-south-east · full at 3:28 PM
Taipei17 Aug · rises 6:23 PM in the east-south-east · full at 3:28 PM
Tel Aviv17 Aug · rises 7:25 PM in the east-south-east · full at 10:28 AM
Tokyo17 Aug · rises 6:22 PM in the east-south-east · full at 4:28 PM
Oceania
Auckland17 Aug · rises 5:42 PM in the east-south-east · full at 7:28 PM
Brisbane17 Aug · rises 5:24 PM in the east-south-east · full at 5:28 PM
Honolulu16 Aug · rises 6:50 PM in the east-south-east · full at 9:28 PM
Melbourne17 Aug · rises 5:44 PM in the east-south-east · full at 5:28 PM
Perth17 Aug · rises 5:53 PM in the east-south-east · full at 3:28 PM
Sydney17 Aug · rises 5:24 PM in the east-south-east · full at 5:28 PM
How it is worked out
The nameThe Sturgeon Moon is August’s full moon, by the names North American almanacs give each month’s. The names here follow the calendar in UTC, so near a month’s end a full moon can carry the next month’s name in the Americas.
FullFull is the instant the moon stands opposite the sun, worked out from Meeus’s lunar theory to the minute.
The evening it rises fullOf the moonrises on the day it is full and the days either side, the one nearest that instant: the moon’s upper edge clearing a level horizon, as on the moon pages.
A supermoonA full moon nearer than 363,000 km, the almanacs’ rule.
The other full moons
The Hunter's Moon26 October 2026 The Beaver Moon24 November 2026 The Cold Moon24 December 2026 The Wolf Moon22 January 2027 The Snow Moon20 February 2027 The Worm Moon22 March 2027 The Pink Moon20 April 2027 The Flower Moon20 May 2027 The Strawberry Moon19 June 2027 The Buck Moon18 July 2027 The Harvest Moon15 September 2027 The Corn Moon3 September 2028Make time for the light.
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