Full Moon Gallery

The Full Moon setting
Creative composition including the Full Moon (bottom) and colourful lens flares.
Image by Oleg Toumilovitch.
Image by Wim Filmalter.
Photo by Angus Burns.
Photo by Angus Burns.
Full Moon rising behind Hans se Kop (Helderberg mountains, Cape Town).
The Full Moon, going out of eclipse, in the morning sky, in front of the Girdle of Venus.
Ice crystals in the sky, bending the Moon’s light into a circular moonbow.
Insects playing in the light of the setting Full Moon (surveillance camera footage).
FULL MOON DATES
OBSERVING THE MOON
GALLERY
ECLIPSES
BLUE MOON

Heritage Full Moons in South Africa

MonthFirst Full MoonSecond Full Moon
JanuaryMantis MoonLeopard Moon
FebruaryDassie Moon——
MarchHarvest MoonOchre Moon
AprilDiamond MoonGold Moon
MayFrost MoonFire Moon
JuneSisters MoonHoney Moon
JulyMeerkat MoonProtea Moon
AugustPeace MoonDusty Moon
SeptemberSpring MoonBlue Crane Moon
OctoberWhale MoonElephant Moon
NovemberMilk MoonWool Moon
DecemberSpringbok MoonEland Moon

Protecting South Africa’s astronomical heritage