Full moon September 2027: Harvest 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 87°, and lowest in London, at 38°.

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 Harvest Moon

The full moon nearest the September equinox. For a few evenings around it the Moon rises soon after sunset, giving farmers extra light to bring the harvest in.

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 22°53′ Pisces, the Moon stands in front of Pisces, the fishes, so this time the sign and the stars agree. The Sun, on the far side of the sky at 22°53′ Virgo, is in front of Leo.

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

How close is the Moon?

At 399,341 km from Earth, this is the 9th closest of the 12 full moons of 2027. It looks 2% wider than the farthest full moon of the year, on 18 July 2027, a difference that is easier to measure than to see.

Perigee, the closest point of this orbit, comes on 27 September 2027 at 20:11 UTC, 12 days after the exact full moon, at 363,441 km. Apogee, the farthest point, comes on 11 September 2027 at 405,371 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 an opposition to Venus, 9.5° from exact. With Venus 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 in the evening sky after sunset, in front of Virgo.
• Venus is too close to the Sun to see.
• Mars is in the evening sky after sunset, in front of Libra.
• 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 42.0° 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.

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 31 August 2027. The cycle ends with the new moon on 30 September 2027.

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

• Last yearFull moon September 2026, Aries