Full Moon Party's August date is confirmed: August 28
If you followed our note last month about the July Full Moon Party getting bumped, this'll feel familiar. It's happened again for August. 🌕
The confirmed date
August's Full Moon Party is set for August 28, 2026. As with July, this isn't the strict astronomical full-moon date — the 2026 calendar has a few months where the real full moon lands right on or next to a significant Buddhist holy day, and the Haad Rin side (village committee and business operators) has been consistently shifting the party rather than running it on top of a religious observance. It's become the standing approach for 2026 whenever this clash comes up, not a one-off.
Why this keeps happening in 2026
It's just how the lunar calendar lines up this year — several full moons fall close to Buddhist Lent-related observances. Nothing to worry about if you're planning a trip around it, just don't assume the date is automatically the 14th/15th/whatever the "standard" full-moon-party-date calculators say online. Always check the actual confirmed date closer to your trip.
Planning around it
Our Full Moon Party guide and events calendar both reflect this confirmed date — that's the one to trust over a generic "next full moon" calculation from a site that isn't tracking the actual Haad Rin announcements.
