Full Moon · updated Thu 12 Nov
Next full Moon: Tuesday 24 November.
The Beaver Moon is exactly full at 14:54 UK time on Tue 24 Nov. In London it rises at 15:17 on Tue 24 Nov, in the NE. It’s 360,754 km away, 6% closer than average.
Moonrise on full-Moon night
| Town | Beaver Moon full 24 Nov 14:54 | Cold Moon full 24 Dec 01:28 |
|---|---|---|
| Lerwick | Tue 24 14:04 NE | Thu 24 14:44 NE |
| Kirkwall | Tue 24 14:26 NE | Wed 23 13:40 NE |
| Inverness | Tue 24 14:47 NE | Wed 23 14:07 NE |
| Aberdeen | Tue 24 14:42 NE | Wed 23 14:03 NE |
| Edinburgh | Tue 24 14:57 NE | Wed 23 14:21 NE |
| Glasgow | Tue 24 15:02 NE | Wed 23 14:27 NE |
| Belfast | Tue 24 15:19 NE | Wed 23 14:46 NE |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | Tue 24 14:59 NE | Wed 23 14:25 NE |
| York | Tue 24 15:04 NE | Wed 23 14:32 NE |
| Manchester | Tue 24 15:13 NE | Wed 23 14:41 NE |
| Birmingham | Tue 24 15:18 NE | Wed 23 14:48 NE |
| Norwich | Tue 24 15:04 NE | Wed 23 14:33 NE |
| Cardiff | Tue 24 15:30 NE | Wed 23 15:01 NE |
| London | Tue 24 15:17 NE | Wed 23 14:48 NE |
| Brighton | Tue 24 15:21 NE | Wed 23 14:53 NE |
| Plymouth | Tue 24 15:41 NE | Wed 23 15:13 NE |
Moonrise is the moment the top of the Moon clears a flat horizon. Hills and buildings add a few minutes. The Cold Moon is full in the small hours, so it rises on the evening before the date it’s full.
Coming up
- Beaver Moon: Tue, 24 Nov 2026, full at 14:54, 360,754 km
- Cold Moon: Thu, 24 Dec 2026, full at 01:28, 356,729 km
- Wolf Moon: Fri, 22 Jan 2027, full at 12:17, 357,635 km
Questions
What time is the full Moon?
The Moon is exactly full at a single instant, given below in UK time. To the eye it looks full on the night before and the night after too, so any of those evenings is a good time to look.
When is the best time to see it?
Just after it rises, around sunset. Low on the horizon it often looks big and orange. The colour comes from the extra air its light passes through. The bigger look is an illusion: the Moon is no larger there.
Is this a supermoon?
“Supermoon” is a loose, popular term for a full Moon near its closest point to Earth. We show the real distance instead. The average is about 384,400 km, and the closest full Moons come in around 357,000 km, when they look about 7% wider than average.
Where do the names like “Beaver Moon” come from?
They’re traditional names, mostly North American, popularised by almanacs. They’re fun labels, not astronomy.