Full Moon June 2027: the Strawberry Moon in Sagittarius

The June 2027 full moon is dated June 18 in the US and June 19 in Europe and UTC, depending on where you are. The moment is 00:44 UTC on Saturday, June 19, which is 8:44 p.m. EDT on Friday, June 18, and 5:44 p.m. PDT that same afternoon on the Pacific coast. In Paris and Berlin it is 2:44 a.m. on June 19, in Sofia and Istanbul 3:44 a.m. Published lists show one date or the other, and each is right for its own time zone. The lunar calendar settles it for your location.

In the US the exact moment falls close to moonrise, so Friday evening gives a full Moon rising low in the southeast. Around midsummer the full Moon rides lower than at any other time of year, since it sits opposite a Sun that is high in the sky, and a low Moon often looks golden.

The Strawberry Moon name comes from the almanac tradition: June is when wild strawberries ripen in the northeastern US and Canada. Like all the traditional moon names it is a seasonal label from folk calendars, and the Moon looks no different from any other month's.

The Moon stands at about 27 and a half degrees of Sagittarius in the tropical zodiac, opposite the Sun in Gemini at the same degree. Mercury has been retrograde in Cancer since June 10 and turns direct on July 4, so the full moon falls early in the retrograde. Pluto is retrograde in Aquarius from May 8 until October 18. Neptune turns retrograde on July 9 in Aries, three weeks after this date. The June solstice follows on June 21 at 10:11 a.m. EDT (14:11 UTC).

Astrologers read Sagittarius as the sign of travel, study, faith and big-picture thinking, and Gemini as the sign of detail, errands and daily talk. A Sagittarius full moon is traditionally read as a question of whether the many small things you are juggling still add up to something you believe in. The Mercury retrograde adds a familiar note: double-check plans, messages and travel before you commit to them, and expect old topics to come back. The Mercury retrograde tool shows the shadow dates too.

The Strawberry Moon stands at 27 and a half degrees of Sagittarius, so find that degree in your birth chart. The house there is the area of life this full moon lights up, and the opposite house, holding the end of Gemini, shows what pulls the other way. Planets near those degrees, or near the end of Virgo and Pisces, get the closest contact. Because the degree is late in the sign, the full moon also points toward what comes next, which is Capricorn and the July eclipse.

The June 2026 full moon was exact on Monday, June 29, 2026, at 7:57 p.m. EDT (23:57 UTC), with the Moon in Capricorn. In Europe that was already June 30. The full moon 2026 calendar has the details.

The cycle runs on to the new moon of July 3, at 11:02 p.m. EDT in Cancer, and Mercury turns direct on July 4, the same date in UTC. The next full moon is the July 2027 full moon, a penumbral lunar eclipse in Capricorn on July 18. The full moon 2027 calendar has every date of the year.