Full moon June 2025: Strawberry Moon in Sagittarius

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 86°, and lowest in London, at 10°.

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 Strawberry Moon

Named for the short wild strawberry harvest of early summer, a name used by several Algonquin peoples. In Europe the same moon was sometimes called the Rose Moon.

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 20°39′ Sagittarius, the Moon actually stands in front of Ophiuchus, the serpent bearer, not the constellation Sagittarius is named after. The Sun, on the far side of the sky at 20°39′ Gemini, is in front of Taurus.

Why signs and constellations differSee the real sky at your own birth

How close is the Moon?

At 399,730 km from Earth, this is the 9th closest of the 12 full moons of 2025. It looks 2% 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 23 June 2025 at 04:44 UTC, 12 days after the exact full moon, at 363,168 km. Apogee, the farthest point, comes on 7 June 2025 at 405,543 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, 6.0° from exact. A trine from Mars tends to make its themes easy to draw on. With Jupiter opposite the Moon, its themes tend to show up as a pull in another direction. Pluto is retrograde at this moment.

Planets to look for

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

• Mercury is too close to the Sun to see.
• Venus is in the morning sky before dawn, in front of Aries.
• 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 87.6° 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 Gemini on 27 May 2025. The cycle ends with the new moon on 25 June 2025.

A full moon in Sagittarius

With the Sun opposite in Gemini, this full moon asks what you actually believe once the chatter stops. Plans, travel and the urge for something bigger than your routine tend to get loud.

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

When the Moon is in Sagittarius

Sagittarius Moon days feel restless and hopeful. They're good for big plans, travel, study and honest talks, though tact can go missing.

More about the Moon in Sagittarius

The same moon in other years

• Next yearFull moon June 2026, Capricorn
• Next full moon in SagittariusFull moon May 2026, Sagittarius