"Having a full moon land smack on the solstice is a truly rare event," said Slooh.com astronomer Bob Berman. "By landing exactly on the solstice, this full moon doesn't just rise as the sun sets, but is opposite the sun in all other ways, too."

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The last time a full moon fell on the summer solstice was 1948.

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Fulton DA Fani Willis (center) with Nathan J. Wade (right), the special prosecutor she hired to manage the Trump case and had a romantic relationship with, at a news conference announcing charges against President-elect Donald Trump and others in Atlanta, Aug. 14, 2023. Georgia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, upheld an appeals court's decision to disqualify Willis from the election interference case against Trump and his allies. (Kenny Holston/New York Times)

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