Full moon April 2025: Pink Moon in Libra

What time is it where you are?

The same instant falls on different dates around the world, so check the date as well as the time.

Moonrise and the highest point

A full moon rises around sunset and climbs highest around the middle of the night. These are the moonrise nearest the exact moment and the Moon's highest point after it, in local time.

Of these cities, it rides highest in São Paulo, at 78°, and lowest in London, at 27°.

Height is the angle above the horizon, where 90° would be straight overhead. A full moon near the horizon is the same size as a high one. It only looks bigger.

Why it's called the Pink Moon

Named for creeping phlox, a pink wildflower that blooms early in spring in eastern North America. The Moon itself looks no pinker than usual.

The stars behind this full moon

Signs follow the seasons and constellations are patterns of stars, and the two have drifted apart over the centuries. At 23°20′ Libra, the Moon actually stands in front of Virgo, the maiden, not the constellation Libra is named after. The Sun, on the far side of the sky at 23°20′ Aries, is in front of Pisces.

More about VirgoWhy signs and constellations differSee the real sky at your own birth

How close is the Moon?

At 405,994 km from Earth, this is the farthest of the 12 full moons of 2025. It looks 12% narrower than the closest full moon of the year, on 5 November 2025.

Perigee, the closest point of this orbit, comes on 30 March 2025 at 05:25 UTC, 14 days before the exact full moon, at 358,118 km. Apogee, the farthest point, comes on 13 April 2025 at 406,282 km.

The planets at this full moon

Where everything else stands at the exact moment, and any major aspect each planet makes to the Moon, using the same orbs Hali uses in every chart.

The tightest contact is a square from Mars, 4.6° from exact. A square from Mars adds some friction, which often gets things moving. A trine from Jupiter tends to make its themes easy to draw on. Venus is retrograde at this moment.

Planets to look for

The bright Moon washes out faint stars, but the planets still shine through.

• Mercury is in the morning sky before dawn, in front of Pisces.
• Venus is in the morning sky before dawn, in front of Pisces.
• Mars is in the evening sky after sunset, in front of Cancer.
• Jupiter is in the evening sky after sunset, in front of Taurus.
• Saturn is in the morning sky before dawn, in front of Aquarius.

Eclipse season

The Moon is 26.0° from the South Node, one of the two points where its path crosses the Sun's. Eclipses only happen when a new or full moon falls near a node, so this one falls outside eclipse season. The next eclipse is the total lunar eclipse at the full moon of September 2025.

What the lunar nodes are

This lunar cycle

This full moon is the peak of the cycle that began with the new moon in Aries on 29 March 2025. The cycle ends with the new moon on 27 April 2025.

A full moon in Libra

With the Sun opposite in Aries, this full moon is about you and other people. Relationships, fairness and the balance of give and take tend to show themselves clearly.

Astrology reads full and new moons as moments for reflection, not predictions. Take what helps and leave the rest.

When the Moon is in Libra

Libra Moon days lean social and diplomatic. Conversations soften, people want things fair and pleasant, and it's a lovely time for dates, art and making up after a disagreement.

More about the Moon in Libra

The same moon in other years

• Next yearFull moon April 2026, Libra