Austin Full Moon Cruise Dates

Austin's full moon rides fall into two categories :

The monthly full moon ride, which happens on the night closest to the full moon (whatever day of the week that falls on), assembling at 11:59pm and leaving at about 12:30am, generally following a different route each month, and
The annual full moon ride, which happens on the Saturday night/Sunday morning closest to the full moon in September, meeting at 2:00am and leaving at about 2:15-2:30am, following approximately the same route each year.

Both rides meet at the Pfluger Pedestrian bridge, 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 ATex Full Moon Cruise group on Facebook.

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

Austin, TX Full Moon Rides
Full Moon Ride Time	Soon?	Time of Full Moon	Moon Names	Likely to be awesome?
Wednesday, 2017-10-04 23:59 CDT	18 days ago	Thursday, 2017-10-05 13:41 CDT	Hunter's Moon, Harvest Moon, Blood Moon, Sanguine Moon	yes!
Friday, 2017-11-03 23:59 CDT	12 days	Saturday, 2017-11-04 00:24 CDT	Beaver Moon, Frosty Moon	yes!
Saturday, 2017-12-02 23:59 CST	6 weeks	Sunday, 2017-12-03 09:48 CST	Fully Badass Moon	hell yes!
Monday, 2018-01-01 23:59 CST	10 weeks	Monday, 2018-01-01 20:25 CST	Wolf Moon, Old Moon, Moon after Yule, Snow Moon	yes!
Tuesday, 2018-01-30 23:59 CST	14 weeks	Wednesday, 2018-01-31 07:27 CST	Blue moon (second in the month)	hell yes!
Thursday, 2018-03-01 23:59 CST	19 weeks	Thursday, 2018-03-01 18:52 CST	Worm Moon, Crow Moon, Crust Moon, Sap Moon, Lenten Moon	yes!
Friday, 2018-03-30 23:59 CDT	23 weeks	Saturday, 2018-03-31 07:37 CDT	Blue moon (second in the month)	hell yes!
Sunday, 2018-04-29 23:59 CDT	27 weeks	Sunday, 2018-04-29 19:59 CDT	Pink Moon, Sprouting Moose Moon, Egg Moon	yes!
Monday, 2018-05-28 23:59 CDT	31 weeks	Tuesday, 2018-05-29 09:20 CDT	Flower Moon, Corn Planting Moon, Milk Moon	yes!
Wednesday, 2018-06-27 23:59 CDT	35 weeks	Wednesday, 2018-06-27 23:54 CDT	Strawberry Moon, Rose Moon	yes!
Friday, 2018-07-27 23:59 CDT	40 weeks	Friday, 2018-07-27 15:22 CDT	Buck Moon, Thunder Moon, Hay Moon	yes!
Saturday, 2018-08-25 23:59 CDT	44 weeks	Sunday, 2018-08-26 06:58 CDT	Sturgeon Moon, Red Moon, Green Corn Moon, Grain Moon	yes!
~~Monday, 2018-09-24 23:59 CDT~~ Sunday, 2018-09-23 02:00 CDT	48 weeks	Monday, 2018-09-24 21:54 CDT	36th Annual Moonlight Cruise!	hell yes!
Tuesday, 2018-10-23 23:59 CDT	1.0 years	Wednesday, 2018-10-24 11:47 CDT	Hunter's Moon, Harvest Moon, Blood Moon, Sanguine Moon	yes!
Thursday, 2018-11-22 23:59 CST	1.1 years	Thursday, 2018-11-22 23:41 CST	Beaver Moon, Frosty Moon	yes!
Friday, 2018-12-21 23:59 CST	1.2 years	Saturday, 2018-12-22 11:50 CST	Cold Moon, Long Nights Moon	yes!
Sunday, 2019-01-20 23:59 CST	1.2 years	Sunday, 2019-01-20 23:17 CST	Wolf Moon, Old Moon, Moon after Yule, Snow Moon	yes!
Monday, 2019-02-18 23:59 CST	1.3 years	Tuesday, 2019-02-19 09:53 CST	Snow Moon, Hunger Moon	yes!
Wednesday, 2019-03-20 23:59 CDT	1.4 years	Wednesday, 2019-03-20 20:43 CDT	Blue moon (4th full moon this season)	hell yes!
Thursday, 2019-04-18 23:59 CDT	1.5 years	Friday, 2019-04-19 06:12 CDT	Pink Moon, Sprouting Moose Moon, Egg Moon	yes!
Saturday, 2019-05-18 23:59 CDT	1.6 years	Saturday, 2019-05-18 16:11 CDT	Flower Moon, Corn Planting Moon, Milk Moon	yes!
Sunday, 2019-06-16 23:59 CDT	1.6 years	Monday, 2019-06-17 03:31 CDT	Strawberry Moon, Rose Moon	yes!
Tuesday, 2019-07-16 23:59 CDT	1.7 years	Tuesday, 2019-07-16 16:39 CDT	Buck Moon, Thunder Moon, Hay Moon	yes!
Wednesday, 2019-08-14 23:59 CDT	1.8 years	Thursday, 2019-08-15 07:31 CDT	Sturgeon Moon, Red Moon, Green Corn Moon, Grain Moon	yes!
~~Friday, 2019-09-13 23:59 CDT~~ Sunday, 2019-09-15 02:00 CDT	1.9 years	Friday, 2019-09-13 23:35 CDT	37th Annual Moonlight Cruise!	hell yes!
Sunday, 2019-10-13 23:59 CDT	2.0 years	Sunday, 2019-10-13 16:10 CDT	Hunter's Moon, Harvest Moon, Blood Moon, Sanguine Moon	yes!
Monday, 2019-11-11 23:59 CST	2.1 years	Tuesday, 2019-11-12 07:37 CST	Beaver Moon, Frosty Moon	yes!
Wednesday, 2019-12-11 23:59 CST	2.1 years	Wednesday, 2019-12-11 23:14 CST	Cold Moon, Long Nights Moon	yes!
Thursday, 2020-01-09 23:59 CST	2.2 years	Friday, 2020-01-10 13:23 CST	Wolf Moon, Old Moon, Moon after Yule, Snow Moon	yes!
Saturday, 2020-02-08 23:59 CST	2.3 years	Sunday, 2020-02-09 01:34 CST	Snow Moon, Hunger Moon	yes!
Sunday, 2020-03-08 23:59 CDT	2.4 years	Monday, 2020-03-09 12:48 CDT	Worm Moon, Crow Moon, Crust Moon, Sap Moon, Lenten Moon	yes!
Tuesday, 2020-04-07 23:59 CDT	2.5 years	Tuesday, 2020-04-07 21:35 CDT	Pink Moon, Sprouting Moose Moon, Egg Moon	yes!
Wednesday, 2020-05-06 23:59 CDT	2.5 years	Thursday, 2020-05-07 05:45 CDT	Flower Moon, Corn Planting Moon, Milk Moon	yes!
Friday, 2020-06-05 23:59 CDT	2.6 years	Friday, 2020-06-05 14:12 CDT	Strawberry Moon, Rose Moon	yes!
Saturday, 2020-07-04 23:59 CDT	2.7 years	Saturday, 2020-07-04 23:44 CDT	Buck Moon, Thunder Moon, Hay Moon	yes!
Sunday, 2020-08-02 23:59 CDT	2.8 years	Monday, 2020-08-03 10:59 CDT	Sturgeon Moon, Red Moon, Green Corn Moon, Grain Moon	yes!
~~Tuesday, 2020-09-01 23:59 CDT~~ Sunday, 2020-08-30 02:00 CDT	2.9 years	Wednesday, 2020-09-02 00:23 CDT	38th Annual Moonlight Cruise!	hell yes!
Thursday, 2020-10-01 23:59 CDT	2.9 years	Thursday, 2020-10-01 16:06 CDT	Hunter's Moon, Harvest Moon, Blood Moon, Sanguine Moon	yes!

How are the full moon cruise dates/times calculated?

For the monthly rides, the start time is always at 11:59pm, 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.

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.