Austin's full moon rides fall into two categories : Both rides meet at the Pfluger Pedestrian Bridge (right here, or possibly under the "circle" if it's raining), are unsupported and 'ride at your own risk'. We try not to drop slow riders, but it can happen, so being prepared is wise -- having lights, tools to change a flat, water, a cell phone, etc.

For more details about individual rides and to get reminders about upcoming rides, join the ATX (((MOON))) group on Facebook.

Pictures from past rides can be found here. (Remember, September rides are the annual ride, and the rest are the monthly rides.)

If you're in Houston, visit our brothers at HTX (((MOON))) !

Any questions? Join the Facebook group given above and ask, or you can email Doug at "dougmc+cycling[at]frenzied[dot]us" (obfuscated to slow the spammers.)

Austin, TX Full Moon Rides
Full Moon Ride Time Soon? Time of Full Moon Moon Names Likely
to be
awesome?
Thursday, 2023-05-04 23:30 CDT
Friday, 2023-05-05 23:30 CDT
3 weeks ago Friday, 2023-05-05 12:36 CDT Flower Moon, Corn Planting Moon, Milk Moon yes!
Saturday, 2023-06-03 23:30 CDT 5 days Saturday, 2023-06-03 22:43 CDT Strawberry Moon, Rose Moon yes!
Sunday, 2023-07-02 23:30 CDT 5 weeks Monday, 2023-07-03 06:40 CDT Buck Moon, Thunder Moon, Hay Moon yes!
Monday, 2023-07-31 23:30 CDT 9 weeks Tuesday, 2023-08-01 13:33 CDT Sturgeon Moon, Red Moon, Green Corn Moon, Grain Moon yes!
Wednesday, 2023-08-30 23:30 CDT 13 weeks Wednesday, 2023-08-30 20:37 CDT Sturgeon Moon, Red Moon, Green Corn Moon, Grain Moon hell yes!
Thursday, 2023-09-28 23:30 CDT
Sunday, 2023-09-24 02:00 CDT
17 weeks Friday, 2023-09-29 04:58 CDT 41st Annual Moonlight Cruise! hell yes!
Saturday, 2023-10-28 23:30 CDT 22 weeks Saturday, 2023-10-28 15:24 CDT Hunter's Moon, Harvest Moon, Blood Moon, Sanguine Moon yes!
Sunday, 2023-11-26 23:30 CST 26 weeks Monday, 2023-11-27 03:16 CST Beaver Moon, Frosty Moon yes!
Tuesday, 2023-12-26 23:30 CST 30 weeks Tuesday, 2023-12-26 18:33 CST Cold Moon, Long Nights Moon yes!
Wednesday, 2024-01-24 23:30 CST 34 weeks Thursday, 2024-01-25 11:54 CST Wolf Moon, Old Moon, Moon after Yule, Snow Moon yes!
Friday, 2024-02-23 23:30 CST 39 weeks Saturday, 2024-02-24 06:31 CST Snow Moon, Hunger Moon yes!
Sunday, 2024-03-24 23:30 CDT 43 weeks Monday, 2024-03-25 02:01 CDT Worm Moon, Crow Moon, Crust Moon, Sap Moon, Lenten Moon yes!
Tuesday, 2024-04-23 23:30 CDT 47 weeks Tuesday, 2024-04-23 18:51 CDT Pink Moon, Sprouting Moose Moon, Egg Moon yes!
Wednesday, 2024-05-22 23:30 CDT 51 weeks Thursday, 2024-05-23 08:55 CDT Flower Moon, Corn Planting Moon, Milk Moon yes!
Friday, 2024-06-21 23:30 CDT 1.1 years Friday, 2024-06-21 20:10 CDT Strawberry Moon, Rose Moon hell yes!
Saturday, 2024-07-20 23:30 CDT 1.1 years Sunday, 2024-07-21 05:19 CDT Buck Moon, Thunder Moon, Hay Moon yes!
Sunday, 2024-08-18 23:30 CDT 1.2 years Monday, 2024-08-19 13:28 CDT Sturgeon Moon, Red Moon, Green Corn Moon, Grain Moon yes!
Tuesday, 2024-09-17 23:30 CDT
Sunday, 2024-09-15 02:00 CDT
1.3 years Tuesday, 2024-09-17 21:36 CDT 42nd Annual Moonlight Cruise! hell yes!
Wednesday, 2024-10-16 23:30 CDT 1.4 years Thursday, 2024-10-17 06:27 CDT Hunter's Moon, Harvest Moon, Blood Moon, Sanguine Moon yes!
Friday, 2024-11-15 23:30 CST 1.5 years Friday, 2024-11-15 15:29 CST Beaver Moon, Frosty Moon yes!
Saturday, 2024-12-14 23:30 CST 1.5 years Sunday, 2024-12-15 03:02 CST Cold Moon, Long Nights Moon yes!
Monday, 2025-01-13 23:30 CST 1.6 years Monday, 2025-01-13 16:27 CST Wolf Moon, Old Moon, Moon after Yule, Snow Moon yes!
Tuesday, 2025-02-11 23:30 CST 1.7 years Wednesday, 2025-02-12 07:54 CST Snow Moon, Hunger Moon yes!
Thursday, 2025-03-13 23:30 CDT
Friday, 2025-03-14 23:30 CDT
1.8 years Friday, 2025-03-14 01:55 CDT Worm Moon, Crow Moon, Crust Moon, Sap Moon, Lenten Moon yes!
Saturday, 2025-04-12 23:30 CDT 1.9 years Saturday, 2025-04-12 19:23 CDT Pink Moon, Sprouting Moose Moon, Egg Moon yes!
Sunday, 2025-05-11 23:30 CDT 2.0 years Monday, 2025-05-12 11:58 CDT Flower Moon, Corn Planting Moon, Milk Moon yes!
Tuesday, 2025-06-10 23:30 CDT 2.0 years Wednesday, 2025-06-11 02:46 CDT Strawberry Moon, Rose Moon yes!
Thursday, 2025-07-10 23:30 CDT
Friday, 2025-07-11 23:30 CDT
2.1 years Thursday, 2025-07-10 15:38 CDT Buck Moon, Thunder Moon, Hay Moon yes!
Friday, 2025-08-08 23:30 CDT 2.2 years Saturday, 2025-08-09 02:57 CDT Sturgeon Moon, Red Moon, Green Corn Moon, Grain Moon yes!
Saturday, 2025-09-06 23:30 CDT
Sunday, 2025-09-07 02:00 CDT
2.3 years Sunday, 2025-09-07 13:10 CDT 43rd Annual Moonlight Cruise! hell yes!
Monday, 2025-10-06 23:30 CDT 2.4 years Monday, 2025-10-06 22:48 CDT Hunter's Moon, Harvest Moon, Blood Moon, Sanguine Moon yes!
Tuesday, 2025-11-04 23:30 CST 2.4 years Wednesday, 2025-11-05 07:20 CST Beaver Moon, Frosty Moon yes!
Thursday, 2025-12-04 23:30 CST
Friday, 2025-12-05 23:30 CST
2.5 years Thursday, 2025-12-04 17:15 CST Cold Moon, Long Nights Moon yes!
Friday, 2026-01-02 23:30 CST 2.6 years Saturday, 2026-01-03 04:04 CST Wolf Moon, Old Moon, Moon after Yule, Snow Moon yes!
Sunday, 2026-02-01 23:30 CST
Saturday, 2026-01-31 23:30 CST
2.7 years Sunday, 2026-02-01 16:10 CST Snow Moon, Hunger Moon yes!
Monday, 2026-03-02 23:30 CST 2.8 years Tuesday, 2026-03-03 05:39 CST Worm Moon, Crow Moon, Crust Moon, Sap Moon, Lenten Moon yes!
Wednesday, 2026-04-01 23:30 CDT 2.8 years Wednesday, 2026-04-01 21:13 CDT Pink Moon, Sprouting Moose Moon, Egg Moon yes!
Thursday, 2026-04-30 23:30 CDT
Friday, 2026-05-01 23:30 CDT
2.9 years Friday, 2026-05-01 12:24 CDT Flower Moon, Corn Planting Moon, Milk Moon yes!

How are the full moon cruise dates/times calculated?

For the monthly rides, the start time is always at 11:30pm, on the night where the middle of the ride (2:00am is what we use) is closest to the time of the fullest moon. This gets us the fullest possible moon on our ride.

Starting in 2020, the formula is changed a little bit so that a full moon from Thursday 2:00AM to Saturday 2:00PM results in a Friday night ride, and a full moon that occurs from Saturday 2:00PM to Monday 2:00AM results in a Saturday night ride -- this increases the number of weekend rides by 50%.

For the annual full moon ride, the one in September, the start time is always 2:00am (wheels down between 2:10am and 2:30am) on the Saturday night/Sunday morning where 3:30am (again, the middle of the ride) is closest to the time of the fullest moon.