Lowest Moon 2025

Have you noticed the height of the Moon?

On Saturday 22nd March 2025, the Moon will rise to her absolute lowest 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 and is the most noticeable in our sky

You’ll need to be up early in the morning as the Moon rises just before 3am and reaches the peak of her path, low in the sky around 6am as the Sun rises – see Stellarium diagram below. The Moon sets around 9am but by then she is very difficult to see as it’s daylight and she’ll be low on the horizon.

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

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.

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, two weeks ago (7th March) and her lowest this Saturday (22nd March).

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