Full moons in 2026
2026 has thirteen full moons, so one month gets two: May, with a Blue Moon on the 31st. The Worm Moon on 3 March is a total lunar eclipse in Virgo, and the Sturgeon Moon on 28 August a partial one in Pisces. The Harvest Moon follows on 26 September, just after the equinox.
| Date | Position | Name | Eclipse |
|---|---|---|---|
13° Cancer | Wolf Moon | — | |
13° Leo | Snow Moon | — | |
12° Virgo | Worm Moon | Total lunar eclipse | |
12° Libra | Pink Moon | — | |
11° Scorpio | Flower Moon | — | |
9° Sagittarius | Blue Moonsecond full moon in the month | — | |
8° Capricorn | Strawberry Moon | — | |
6° Aquarius | Buck Moon | — | |
4° Pisces | Sturgeon Moon | Partial lunar eclipse | |
3° Aries | Harvest Moon | — | |
2° Taurus | Hunter’s Moon | — | |
2° Gemini | Beaver Moon | — | |
2° Cancer | Cold Moon | — |
All times are UTC (Universal Time, the same as GMT outside daylight-saving time). Add your time-zone offset for local time. An event late in the UTC day can fall on the next date in Asia and Australia, and one early in the UTC day on the previous date in the Americas.
Computed by Lunonis with our own ephemeris code (built on astronomy-engine, tested against Swiss Ephemeris): geocentric, tropical zodiac, true equinox of date. Lunation and eclipse times match NASA’s published tables to about a minute. Station times are good to within an hour or so: a planet barely moves at its station, so the exact minute is soft in any ephemeris.
What a full moon stands for
A full moon is the moment the Moon stands opposite the Sun, as seen from Earth, and its whole near side is lit. The Moon looks full for a night or so either side of the exact time listed here.
In astrology a full moon is often read as a culmination, when something that began at the new moon comes to light. The sign of the full moon is said to colour the theme, with the Sun’s sign opposite as its counterweight. It’s a symbolic rhythm to reflect with, not an event that makes anything happen.
The names are the traditional ones (mostly North American, through the Farmer’s Almanac): the Wolf Moon in January, the Harvest Moon nearest the September equinox, the Hunter’s Moon after it, and a Blue Moon when a calendar month has two. We name them by the UTC date.
More from the sky calendar
- Mercury retrograde 2026Three times a year Mercury appears to move backwards. Station dates, signs and shadow periods.
- New moons 2026Each new moon’s exact time and degree, the start of every lunar month, with the solar eclipses marked.
- Planetary retrogrades 2026Every retrograde from Mercury to Pluto in the year, with the signs each planet moves back through.
- Eclipses 2026Solar and lunar eclipses: total, annular, partial or penumbral, with the sign of each.
- Full moons 2027Full moons: the 2027 table
- Full moons 2028Full moons: the 2028 table
- Mercury retrograde 2025–2028All Mercury retrogrades 2025–2028 on one page
- Sky calendarCalendars by year
How this sky meets your chart
These dates are the same for everyone. A personal forecast reads them against your own natal chart: which planets the transits touch, in which houses, by topic. Symbolic guidance for reflection, never predictions about health or money.