Full moon September 2025: Corn Moon in Pisces

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 Singapore, at 82°, and lowest in London, at 33°.

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 Corn Moon

Named for the corn harvest of early autumn. In most years it gives way to the Harvest Moon, since September's full moon is usually the one nearest the equinox.

The total lunar eclipse

At the peak of the eclipse, at 18:11 UTC, the Moon is above the horizon in Lagos, Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore, Tokyo, Sydney, Cairo, Johannesburg, Moscow, Beijing and Auckland.

Eclipse visibility is checked at the peak for 20 world cities. Never look at the Sun directly, even during a partial eclipse.

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 15°22′ Pisces, the Moon actually stands in front of Aquarius, the water bearer, not the constellation Pisces is named after. The Sun, on the far side of the sky at 15°22′ Virgo, is in front of Leo.

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

How close is the Moon?

At 369,659 km from Earth, this is the 4th closest of the 12 full moons of 2025. It looks 10% 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 10 September 2025 at 12:09 UTC, 3 days after the exact full moon, at 364,766 km. Apogee, the farthest point, comes on 29 August 2025 at 404,537 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 Jupiter, 3.7° from exact. A trine from Jupiter tends to make its themes easy to draw on. With Mercury opposite the Moon, its themes tend to show up as a pull in another direction. Saturn, Uranus, 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 too close to the Sun to see.
• Venus is in the morning sky before dawn, in front of Cancer.
• Mars is in the evening sky after sunset, in front of Virgo.
• Jupiter is in the morning sky before dawn, in front of Gemini.
• Saturn is up most of the night, in front of Pisces.

Eclipse season

The Moon is 3.0° from the North Node, one of the two points where its path crosses the Sun's. That is close enough for the total lunar eclipse described above. The next eclipse is the partial solar eclipse at the new 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 Virgo on 23 August 2025. The cycle ends with the new moon on 21 September 2025.

A full moon in Pisces

With the Sun opposite in Virgo, this full moon softens the edges. Rest, imagination and compassion come forward, and so does anything you have been too busy to feel.

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

When the Moon is in Pisces

Pisces Moon days are soft and dreamy. They're good for rest, art, music and kindness, and less good for deadlines and small print.

More about the Moon in Pisces

The same moon in other years

• Next yearFull moon September 2026, Aries
• Next full moon in PiscesFull moon August 2026, Pisces