Full moon November 2025: Hunter's Moon in Taurus

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 Mumbai, at 88°, and lowest in Sydney, at 35°.

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 Hunter's Moon

The first full moon after the Harvest Moon. With the fields cleared, it gave hunters a bright, early rising Moon to track game by before winter.

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 13°23′ Taurus, the Moon actually stands in front of Aries, the ram, not the constellation Taurus is named after. The Sun, on the far side of the sky at 13°22′ Scorpio, is in front of Libra.

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

How close is the Moon?

At 356,967 km from Earth, this is the closest of the 12 full moons of 2025. It looks 14% 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 5 November 2025 at 22:28 UTC, 9 hours after the exact full moon, at 356,821 km. Apogee, the farthest point, comes on 23 October 2025 at 406,434 km. When a full or new moon falls this close to perigee, tides tend to run a little higher than usual for a day or two.

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.

No planet makes a major aspect to the Moon at this full moon, so it reads as the Sun and Moon on their own. Saturn, Uranus and Neptune 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 Scorpius.
• Venus is in the morning sky before dawn, in front of Virgo.
• Mars is in the evening sky after sunset, in front of Scorpius.
• Jupiter is in the morning sky before dawn, in front of Gemini.
• Saturn is in the evening sky after sunset, in front of Aquarius.

Eclipse season

The Moon is 56.6° 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 annular solar eclipse at the new moon of February 2026.

What the lunar nodes are

This lunar cycle

This full moon is the peak of the cycle that began with the new moon in Libra on 21 October 2025. The cycle ends with the new moon on 20 November 2025.

A full moon in Taurus

With the Sun opposite in Scorpio, this full moon asks what you are holding on to and why. Comfort, money and the body come into focus, along with whatever you are ready to stop carrying.

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

When the Moon is in Taurus

Taurus Moon days slow everything down. They favour comfort, nature, a proper meal and finishing what you started over anything new.

More about the Moon in Taurus

The same moon in other years

• Next yearFull moon November 2026, Gemini
• Next full moon in TaurusFull moon October 2026, Taurus