The figures
At 18:26 UTC on Monday, August 19, 2024 the Moon reaches 27°15' Aquarius with the Sun opposite at 27°15' Leo. The distance is 361,970 km, 22,430 km closer than the 384,400 km average — near enough to the mean that the apparent size is unremarkable. The degree, 27°15' Aquarius, places it in the third decan of Aquarius, on the axis that runs across to Leo. It is the 16th of the 25 lunations dated for 2024, and the cycle it belongs to is set out in what a lunation is.
Exact time where you are
That instant — 18:26 UTC on August 19, 2024 — is one moment worldwide, and only the clock reading changes, with summer time applied wherever the local rule puts the date inside it.
| City | Local time | Local date |
|---|---|---|
| New York | 14:26 | 19 August |
| Los Angeles | 11:26 | 19 August |
| London | 19:26 | 19 August |
| Delhi | 23:56 | 19 August |
| Sydney | 04:26 the next day | 20 August |
| Istanbul | 21:26 | 19 August |
Why it is called the Sturgeon Moon
The Sturgeon Moon is the traditional North American and European name for the full Moon of August, and in 2024 it falls on August 19, 2024 at 27°15' Aquarius. Those names follow the calendar month rather than the zodiac, which is why the 2024 one lands in Aquarius at 27°15' Aquarius while other years put it elsewhere.
Which house it falls in for your sign
Counted from each sign as the first house, this full moon at 27°15' Aquarius falls here:
| Sign | House | What that house covers |
|---|---|---|
| Aries | 11th house | friends, groups, networks and what you are aiming at |
| Taurus | 10th house | career, public standing and what you are known for |
| Gemini | 9th house | distance, study, belief, travel and the long view |
| Cancer | 8th house | shared money, debt, intimacy and what is not said out loud |
| Leo | 7th house | partners, opponents and anyone you deal with one to one |
| Virgo | 6th house | work, routine, health and the small maintenance of a life |
| Libra | 5th house | play, romance, children and anything you make for its own sake |
| Scorpio | 4th house | home, family, roots and private ground |
| Sagittarius | 3rd house | conversation, short trips, siblings and daily information |
| Capricorn | 2nd house | money, possessions and what you consider yours |
| Aquarius | 1st house | your own bearing, appearance and the first move |
| Pisces | 12th house | rest, solitude, what is behind you and what runs unattended |
A full moon in Aquarius
Anything within a couple of degrees of 27°15' Aquarius in a natal chart is contacted directly by this one, and so is anything near the same degree of Leo, Taurus or Scorpio, since those are the other three corners of the same cross.
What the full moon of August 19, 2024 marks is a position rather than an event: 27°15' Aquarius, in the third decan, with the Sun at 27°15' Leo. The house it occupies in your own chart matters more than the sign name, and the table above gives that house for 27°15' Aquarius, sign by sign.
Where this one sits in the cycle
The lunation before this one fell 15 days earlier and the next follows 15 days after August 19, 2024.
- Before it: the new moon of August 4, 2024
- After it: the new moon of September 3, 2024
Questions people ask about this
What time is the full moon on August 19, 2024?
18:26 UTC on August 19, 2024; the table above converts that single instant to six local clocks.
What sign is this full moon in?
27°15' Aquarius — the third decan. The chart reading for August 19, 2024 works from that degree rather than from the sign name on its own.
Is this a supermoon?
No: 361,970 km, which is 22,430 km off the average and not near enough to perigee to qualify.
Does a full moon cause anything?
No. On August 19, 2024 the Moon simply reaches 27°15' Aquarius; what the chart gives is a position and a house, not an event.