Phase and moonrise near Sioux Falls, Rapid City and Aberdeen, and the next 12 full moons on Central time.
Reading the sky near Sioux Falls, SD.
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Photo: “Moon rise over the Green River and sage steppe at Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge”, Tom Koerner, USFWS Mountain-Prairie, Public domain
South Dakota at a glance
Full moon dates and moonrise
12
Full moons listed
the next year, on Central time
3
Cities with moonrise
Sioux Falls, Rapid City and Aberdeen
Sioux Falls
Tonight’s moon for
the biggest city, drawn to the real percent
Full moon calendar
Full moons in South Dakota for the next 12 months
South Dakota has two clocks: Sioux Falls is on Central and Rapid City and the Black Hills are on Mountain.
Times are on Central time. Each moonrise is for the evening of the full moon in that city, with the compass direction the moon comes up.
Full moons for the next 12 months in South Dakota, with moonrise in three cities
Date
Time
Name
Moonrise, Sioux Falls
Moonrise, Rapid City
Moonrise, Aberdeen
October 25
11:12 PM CDT
Hunter’s Moon
5:53 PM ENE
5:18 PM ENE
5:56 PM ENE
November 24
8:53 AM CST
Beaver Moon
4:38 PM NE
4:03 PM NE
4:37 PM NE
December 23
7:28 PM CST
Cold Moon Supermoon
4:21 PM NE
3:46 PM NE
4:19 PM NE
January 22
6:17 AM CST
Wolf Moon Supermoon
5:53 PM ENE
5:19 PM ENE
5:55 PM ENE
February 20
5:23 PM CST
Snow Moon
6:05 PM ENE
5:31 PM ENE
6:09 PM ENE
March 22
5:44 AM CDT
Worm Moon
7:12 PM E
6:40 PM E
7:20 PM E
April 20
5:27 PM CDT
Pink Moon
8:32 PM ESE
8:01 PM ESE
8:45 PM ESE
May 20
5:59 AM CDT
Blue Moon Seasonal
8:38 PM ESE
8:08 PM SE
8:53 PM SE
June 18
7:44 PM CDT
Strawberry Moon
9:28 PM SE
8:57 PM SE
9:44 PM SE
July 18
10:45 AM CDT
Buck Moon
9:20 PM ESE
8:48 PM ESE
9:33 PM ESE
August 17
2:29 AM CDT
Sturgeon Moon
8:13 PM ESE
7:40 PM ESE
8:24 PM ESE
September 15
6:03 PM CDT
Harvest Moon
7:17 PM E
6:43 PM E
7:24 PM E
The full moon. At full the sun lights the whole face we see, so the disc is 100 percent lit for only a moment around the instant the table gives. “FullMoon2010” by Gregory H. Revera, CC BY-SA 3.0
Enter a South Dakota ZIP above for tonight’s moonrise and moonset on your local clock, with the compass direction of each. The table below lists moonrise for Sioux Falls, Rapid City and Aberdeen on every full moon night.
The table lists the next 12 full moons on Central time, starting with Hunter’s Moon on October 25 at 11:12 PM CDT. The tool above counts down to the next one for your ZIP.
The phase is the same everywhere, so a full moon is full for all of South Dakota at the same instant. What changes is the clock time and the direction of moonrise and moonset, which depend on where you stand.
No. A moon near the horizon looks larger because of how the eye judges size against trees and buildings, and the disc measures the same. A supermoon is different, because the moon really is closer by up to about 14 percent.
The table gives moonrise for Sioux Falls, Rapid City and Aberdeen on each full moon night, on the local clock of each city. South Dakota has two clocks: Sioux Falls is on Central and Rapid City and the Black Hills are on Mountain.
Phase times are the U.S. Naval Observatory’s table for 2026 and 2027. Moonrise, moonset and direction are computed for each city from the moon’s position, and the names follow the Old Farmer’s Almanac.
