Full moon of August 28, 2026 in Pisces

Full moon in Pisces: intuition facing analysis. On Friday August 28 at 06:19: a partial lunar eclipse accompanies it.

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♓︎ Moon in Pisces

The essentials

The full moon of August 28 at a glance

For you

Friday August 28: a time when one would let go, trusting one’s imagination.

Date and time (Paris): Friday August 28, 2026, 06:19
The Moon: ♓︎ in Pisces
When to look (Paris): Thursday August 27, in the evening, from 20:28
Next full moon: September 26, 2026, in Aries

The full moon in Pisces in tradition

Moon in Pisces, Sun in Virgo: the full moon of late summer, between late August and late September.

Tradition would see here the opposition between analysis and intuition, between what is put away and what overflows; a time to loosen control and let the imagination speak. The Sturgeon Moon in August, it becomes in September the Corn Moon, or the Harvest Moon if no other full moon is closer to the equinox: in Europe too, its light accompanied the last harvests.

The Moon in: ♓︎ Pisces
Element and mode: Water, mutable
Ruler of the sign: Jupiter and Neptune
The Moon there is: No particular dignity
The Sun opposite: ♍︎ Virgo
Time (Paris): August 28, 06:19

What tradition reads in every full moon →

Not a prediction: phases and dates are calculated by the site’s engine; the traditions, reported in the conditional, are not to be followed blindly. Why?

The month’s sky

The sky of August

Sturgeon Moon, after a fish of the lakes and rivers of northern North America; other lists call it the Black Cherries Moon.

Recharging a crystal → Same theme: the full moon of rituals

Calculated for this date

This full moon in figures

Partial lunar eclipse the same day, partly visible from Paris.

Exact instant (Paris): 06:19Friday August 28, 04:19 UTC
Earth-Moon distance: 390,385 kmNeither a supermoon nor a micromoon
Apparent size: 30.6′2% smaller than average
Moonrise in Paris: 20:43Sunset: 20:41
Highest in Paris: 32°Next moonrise: 14 minutes later
Constellation: AquariusTropical sign: Pisces
Nearest perigee: 368,249 kmSeptember 6, 9 days and 16 hours after
Season: summer: 3rd of 329 days and 14 hours since the previous one

Calendar

The full moons of 2026

The full moons of 2026, Paris time
Date	Time	Moon in
Saturday January 311:03	11:03	♋︎ Cancer
Sunday February 123:09	23:09	♌︎ Leo
Tuesday March 312:38	12:38	♍︎ Virgo
Thursday April 204:12	04:12	♎︎ Libra
Friday May 119:23	19:23	♏︎ Scorpio
Sunday May 3110:45Blue moon: 2nd of the month	10:45	♐︎ Sagittarius
Tuesday June 3001:57	01:57	♑︎ Capricorn
Wednesday July 2916:36	16:36	♒︎ Aquarius
Friday August 2806:19	06:19	♓︎ Pisces
Saturday September 2618:49	18:49	♈︎ Aries
Monday October 2605:12	05:12	♉︎ Taurus
Tuesday November 2415:54	15:54	♊︎ Gemini
Thursday December 2402:28	02:28	♋︎ Cancer

New moons around it: August 12 (19:37, Moon in Leo) and September 11 (05:27, Moon in Virgo). All lunations of 2026 and 2027 →

How is it calculated?

Instant when the Moon is 180° from the Sun in longitude, calculated to the second by the site’s engine.

Frequently asked questions about the full moon of August 28

What time is the full moon on August 28 2026?

On Friday August 28 2026, at 06:19 French time; a site that shows universal time will say 04:19. Moonrise in Paris: 20:43, or 3 minutes after sunset (20:41); maximum height: 32°. As the instant falls before noon, the previous night comes closest to it for watching.

Is the full moon of August 28 2026 a supermoon?

No, neither a supermoon nor a micromoon: the 8th closest of the 13 full moons of 2026. At the instant of the full moon, 390,385 km separate the centers of the Earth and the Moon: a disk of 30.6 minutes of arc, 2% smaller than at the average distance. Nearest perigee: on September 6, 9 days and 16 hours after, at 368,249 km.