Full moon, partial lunar eclipse
Full moon in Pisces
Exact on Friday 28 August 2026, 04:19 UTC, which is in your time zone. The Moon stands at 4°54′ Pisces, opposite the Sun at 4°54′ Virgo, 390,398 km from Earth.
This full moon is also an eclipse. It is exact at 04:19 UTC on 28 August 2026, with the Moon at 4°54' Pisces and the Sun opposite at 4°54' Virgo, 390,398 km from Earth. A partial lunar eclipse of magnitude 0.93 accompanies it, near the north node. Mercury sits opposite the Moon within half a degree and Uranus squares it within 0.7 degrees, while Saturn, Neptune, Pluto and Chiron are retrograde.
Pisces, a mutable water sign ruled by Neptune, is associated by the tradition with dreams, empathy, faith and the need for retreat. Opposite the Virgo Sun, astrologers read a tension between feeling and analysis, with Mercury adding talk and thought and Uranus adding the unexpected. A practical idea: write down impressions as they come, and wait a little before deciding what they mean.
Planets close to this lunation
- Mercury conjunct, within 0.1°
- Uranus square, within 0.7°
Measured at 00:00 UTC on the day of the phase.
By sign
Where it falls for you
| Sun sign | House | This full moon falls on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aries | twelfth | rest, privacy, what happens behind the scenes | |
| Taurus | eleventh | friends, groups, plans | |
| Gemini | tenth | career and public role | |
| Cancer | ninth | travel, study, beliefs | |
| Leo | eighth | shared money, intimacy, endings | |
| Virgo | seventh | partners and one-to-one relationships | |
| Libra | sixth | daily work, routines, health | |
| Scorpio | fifth | romance, play, children, creative work | |
| Sagittarius | fourth | home, family, roots | |
| Capricorn | third | conversations, siblings, short trips | |
| Aquarius | second | money, possessions, values | |
| Pisces | first | self, body, how you come across | |
Whole-sign houses counted from the Sun sign, the convention behind every Sun-sign horoscope. Your rising sign gives a more personal count: draw your chart.