Moon tonight / July 2027

Full Moon July 2027: Buck Moon

Q: When is the full moon in July 2027?

The July 2027 full moon is on July 18 at 11:45 AM EDT, which is 8:45 AM PDT on July 18 on the West Coast. The table shows the time in every US zone.

Q: What is the July full moon called?

It is the Buck Moon. July is when the antlers of bucks are in full growth, and Carver noted the name in the 1760s. In other places the same weeks were the berry month or the salmon month.

Q: What time does the July full moon rise?

The full moon rises near sunset. The table gives moonrise that evening for New York, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, Anchorage and Honolulu, each on its own clock, with the compass direction it appears in.

Q: Is the July 2027 full moon a supermoon?

Not by this page’s rule. It is about 405,973 km away at the full moon, and a supermoon here means a full moon closer than 360,000 km.

Q: Is the July 2027 full moon a Blue Moon?

No. A Blue Moon is the second full moon in a calendar month or the third of four in one season, and the moon does not turn blue.

Q: Why do full moon times differ by time zone?

The moon is full at one instant for everyone on Earth. Each zone writes that instant on its own clock, so it can land on a different date late in the evening.

The Buck Moon is full on July 18 at 11:45 AM EDT. Here is the time in every US zone and moonrise that evening in six cities.

Photo: “Moon rise over the Green River and sage steppe at Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge”, Tom Koerner, USFWS Mountain-Prairie, Public domain

The exact time

When the July full moon happens in each US time zone

The July 2027 full moon in each US time zone
Time zone	Date	Time
Eastern	July 18	11:45 AM EDT
Central	July 18	10:45 AM CDT
Mountain	July 18	9:45 AM MDT
Pacific	July 18	8:45 AM PDT
Alaska	July 18	7:45 AM AKDT
Hawaii	July 18	5:45 AM HST

Instants from the U.S. Naval Observatory’s table of moon phases.

Moonrise

Moonrise that evening in six cities

A full moon rises close to sunset. The compass direction is where to look on the horizon.

Moonrise on the evening of the July 2027 full moon in six cities
City	Evening of	Moonrise	Direction
New York	Jul 18	8:38 PM	east-southeast (ESE)
Chicago	Jul 18	8:37 PM	east-southeast (ESE)
Denver	Jul 18	8:42 PM	east-southeast (ESE)
Los Angeles	Jul 18	8:22 PM	east-southeast (ESE)
Anchorage	Jul 17	11:21 PM	southeast (SE)
Honolulu	Jul 17	6:58 PM	east-southeast (ESE)

The name

Why it is called the Buck Moon

July is when the antlers of bucks are in full growth, and Carver noted the name in the 1760s. In other places the same weeks were the berry month or the salmon month.

These names come from Native American, Colonial American and European traditions, and nations named the moons by their own seasons, so no one name belongs to a single people. Names follow the Old Farmer's Almanac.