The next full moon is Saturday, Aug. 9, and is sometimes called the Sturgeon Moon. It gets that name from when "The Great ...

Today, July 6, 2025, the moon is 11 days old and is in the Waxing Gibbous phase of its lunar cycle. It is 83% illuminated.

This year's next Full Moon will be the August Sturgeon Moon, which occurs at 3:55 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025.

The 2025 Moon Calendar given below charts the different Moon phases in each month. As we click on a date on the Moon phase Calendar, information regarding the lunar phases (ranging from waning Moon ...

During that time, the moon goes through eight phases: new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, third quarter, and waning crescent.

The waxing gibbous moon is associated with expansion, with the full moon on the horizon. You have faced and learned ways to overcome the challenges during the first quarter of the moon.

So the extra full moon is the third full moon that occurs in a season when there are four full moons. That’s the “blue moon.” A “blue moon” doesn’t happen often, or regularly. The next “blue moon” ...