Full moon July 2025: Buck Moon in Capricorn

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 88°, and lowest in London, at 12°.

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 Buck Moon

Named for the new antlers that male deer grow in early summer, when they are covered in velvet.

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 18°50′ Capricorn, the Moon actually stands in front of Sagittarius, the archer, not the constellation Capricorn is named after. The Sun, on the far side of the sky at 18°50′ Cancer, is in front of Gemini.

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

How close is the Moon?

At 390,721 km from Earth, this is the 7th closest of the 12 full moons of 2025. It looks 4% wider than the farthest full moon of the year, on 13 April 2025, a difference that is easier to measure than to see.

Perigee, the closest point of this orbit, comes on 20 July 2025 at 13:56 UTC, 10 days after the exact full moon, at 368,031 km. Apogee, the farthest point, comes on 5 July 2025 at 404,616 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 trine from Mars, 5.3° from exact. A trine from Mars tends to make its themes easy to draw on. Neptune and Pluto are 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 evening sky after sunset, in front of Cancer.
• Venus is in the morning sky before dawn, in front of Taurus.
• Mars is in the evening sky after sunset, in front of Leo.
• Jupiter is too close to the Sun to see.
• Saturn is in the morning sky before dawn, in front of Pisces.

Eclipse season

The Moon is 61.3° from the North 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 Cancer on 25 June 2025. The cycle ends with the new moon on 24 July 2025.

A full moon in Capricorn

With the Sun opposite in Cancer, this full moon holds your goals up to the light. Notice what you have built, what it cost, and whether it still feels like yours.

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

When the Moon is in Capricorn

Capricorn Moon days are serious and productive. Work gets done, plans get firmer and feelings tend to wait their turn.

More about the Moon in Capricorn

The same moon in other years

• Next yearFull moon July 2026, Aquarius
• Next full moon in CapricornFull moon June 2026, Capricorn