Highest Moon 2025

Have you noticed the height of the Moon?

TODAY, on the 7th March, the Moon will rise to her absolute highest point in the sky. This is the peak of the Moon’s 18.6 year cycle when the Moon’s orbit is the furthest away from the celestial equator so the Moon’s swing is at her most extreme. She swings from her highest (today) to her lowest (two weeks time) so is the most noticeable in our sky

Note

The Moon’s 18.6 year cycle is not about the Moon’s phase. It’s about the Moon’s declination or height in our sky.

Look out at the night sky

From the 7th March, the Moon’s path will reach LOWER in our sky every day until the 22nd March when she’ll reach her absolute lowest.

Such an amazing opportunity to witness the peak of the Moon’s cycle!

Stellarium

Here are a couple of screenshots from Stellarium which show the Moon’s height in our sky.

This clearly shows the extremes – her highest and her lowest.

7th MARCH 18:30 – highest Moon

22nd MARCH 06:00 – lowest Moon

Journey of exploration

We’re so happy that you’re joining us on a journey of exploration. We’ve been following the Moon’s cycle for years now and have been deepening our understanding of the astronomy. However, we’re really not experts and we’re always learning so if you have anything that you’d like to share or have any requests then please leave a comment.

Back in 2006, we travelled up to the Callanish stone circle in the Outer Hebrides to witness the lowest Full Moon in the lunar cycle. We’re now really excited to be preparing to make that journey once again this summer, a whole lunar cycle later…

Tina & Ceri