Full Moon August 2026 in Pisces: the Sturgeon Moon
The full moon of August 2026 is exact on Friday, August 28, 2026 at 04:19 UTC, with the Moon at 4°54' Pisces and the Sun at 4°54' Virgo. Your time:
Status as of November 2, 2026: 66 days ago.
What time is the August 2026 full moon?
At 04:19 UTC on August 28, 2026, which is Fri, Aug 28, 12:19 AM in New York and Thu, Aug 27, 09:19 PM in Los Angeles.
What sign is the August 2026 full moon in?
Pisces: the Moon is at 4°54' Pisces, opposite the Sun at 4°54' Virgo.
What is the August 2026 full moon called?
The Sturgeon Moon, the name given to August’s full moon in the North American naming tradition.
Is the August 2026 full moon a supermoon?
No: at 390,385 km the Moon is farther than the 384,400 km average; it is number 8 of 2026’s 13 full moons by closeness.
Is the August 2026 full moon an eclipse?
Yes: it is a partial lunar eclipse, because the Moon is only 0.47° north of the ecliptic at the exact full moon.
When is the next full moon after August 2026?
On September 26, 2026 at 16:49 UTC, in Aries.
Computed details, August 28, 2026
| Exact time (UTC) | August 28, 2026, 04:19 UTC Your time: |
|---|---|
| Moon | ♓︎ 4°54' Pisces |
| Sun | ♍︎ 4°54' Virgo |
| Name | Sturgeon Moon The name given to August’s full moon. |
| Eclipse | Partial Lunar Eclipse |
| Distance from Earth | 390,385 km (+5,985 km) |
| Apparent size | 30.6 arcminutes |
| Nearest perigee | September 6, 2026, 20:44 UTC · 368,249 km 9 d 16 h after |
| Distance from the ecliptic | 0.47° north |
| Closeness rank | 8 of 13 (2026) |
| Since the previous full moon | 29 d 14 h |
Local clock readings
| Place | Local time |
|---|---|
| Los Angeles | Thu, Aug 27, 09:19 PM |
| New York | Fri, Aug 28, 12:19 AM |
| London | Fri, Aug 28, 05:19 AM |
| India | Fri, Aug 28, 09:49 AM |
| Sydney | Fri, Aug 28, 02:19 PM |
What a full moon in Pisces means
With the Moon in Pisces and the Sun in Virgo, this full moon lights the Pisces–Virgo axis: what started at the new moon in Leo on August 12, 2026 comes to a head. Pisces is a mutable water sign ruled by Neptune; its keywords: intuitive, compassionate, dreamy.
Boundaries soften. Moods drift, empathy rises, and so does the pull toward escape: sleep, screens, a drink, a daydream. Kind days for art, rest and forgiving; careless days for money and detail.
What it means for your sign: The house this lunation falls in for each of the 12 sun signs.
The instant is the same everywhere; only the clock reading changes. Distances are centre to centre. There is no official supermoon definition: here a supermoon is a full moon with the Moon within 360,000 km of Earth, a micromoon one beyond 405,000 km. Computed with astronomy-engine, tropical zodiac. Data: full-moon/2026.json (CC0 JSON).