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Every 2026 full moon — exact dates, Eastern and UTC times, traditional names and the zodiac sign the moon is in — plus a countdown to the next full moon and a date picker for any day.
Times are Eastern Time (ET) with the UTC equivalent beside them. Illumination is shown at the exact moment of fullness, when the moon's lit face is at its maximum. The moon is in the zodiac sign shown at that moment, calculated from the moon's longitude.
| Date (ET) | UTC | Traditional Name | Illumination | Moon in | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 2026 3:15 PM EST | Jan 3, 2026, 8:15 PM UTC | Wolf Moon | 100% | Cancer | About this moon → |
| Feb 2, 2026 3:59 AM EST | Feb 2, 2026, 8:59 AM UTC | Snow Moon | 100% | Leo | About this moon → |
| Mar 3, 2026 4:43 PM EST | Mar 3, 2026, 9:43 PM UTC | Worm Moon | 100% | Virgo | About this moon → |
| Apr 2, 2026 6:27 AM EDT | Apr 2, 2026, 10:27 AM UTC | Pink Moon | 100% | Libra | About this moon → |
| May 1, 2026 7:11 PM EDT | May 1, 2026, 11:11 PM UTC | Flower Moon | 100% | Scorpio | About this moon → |
| May 31, 2026 7:55 AM EDT | May 31, 2026, 11:55 AM UTC | Blue Moon | 100% | Sagittarius | About this moon → |
| Jun 29, 2026 8:39 PM EDT | Jun 30, 2026, 12:39 AM UTC | Strawberry Moon | 100% | Capricorn | About this moon → |
| Jul 29, 2026 9:23 AM EDT | Jul 29, 2026, 1:23 PM UTC | Buck Moon | 100% | Aquarius | About this moon → |
| Aug 27, 2026 10:07 PM EDT | Aug 28, 2026, 2:07 AM UTC | Sturgeon Moon | 100% | Pisces | About this moon → |
| Sep 26, 2026 10:51 AM EDT | Sep 26, 2026, 2:51 PM UTC | Harvest Moon | 100% | Aries | About this moon → |
| Oct 25, 2026 11:35 PM EDT | Oct 26, 2026, 3:35 AM UTC | Hunter's Moon | 100% | Taurus | About this moon → |
| Nov 24, 2026 11:19 AM EST | Nov 24, 2026, 4:19 PM UTC | Beaver Moon | 100% | Gemini | About this moon → |
| Dec 24, 2026 12:03 AM EST | Dec 24, 2026, 5:03 AM UTC | Cold Moon | 100% | Cancer | About this moon → |
Note: the October full moon falls late on October 25 in Eastern Time and in the early hours of October 26 in UTC — it is the same moon, seen on the night of October 25–26.
The Wolf Moon takes its name from the hungry wolves once heard howling through the deep winter nights of January. It is a moon of endurance and community: the cold is at its sharpest, and the old almanac tradition ties this moon to staying close, staying fed, and outlasting the dark.
February's Snow Moon is named for the heaviest snows of the North American winter, when travel was hardest and stores ran low. It is a quiet, inward moon — a good time for rest, repair, and taking stock before the first signs of spring.
The Worm Moon marks the thaw: as the ground softens, earthworms return and the first birds follow. Its name celebrates the moment winter loosens its grip, and it often falls near the spring equinox, when day and night stand in balance.
Despite the name, the Pink Moon is not pink — it is named for the pink wildflower phlox, one of spring's earliest blooms. This is a moon of opening: gardens wake, colour returns to the landscape, and new growth becomes visible everywhere.
May holds two full moons in 2026. The Flower Moon of May 1 arrives as spring flowers open in abundance, a traditional marker of full bloom. The second full moon of the month, on May 31, is a Blue Moon — the old calendar term for a second full moon within a single month, an event that gives us the saying “once in a blue moon.”
The Strawberry Moon is named for the short wild-strawberry harvest season in June, when the berries ripen all at once and gathering them could not wait. It is a moon of sweetness and urgency — enjoy what is ripe now, because the season turns quickly.
July's Buck Moon is named for the time male deer grow new antlers in velvet, a visible sign of summer strength building. It is a moon of growth in progress: strong, still-forming, and pointed toward the maturity of late summer.
The Sturgeon Moon is named for the great lake sturgeon, once most plentiful and most easily caught in August. It belongs to high summer's abundance — warm nights, full gardens, and the slow turn toward harvest.
The Harvest Moon is the full moon nearest the autumn equinox, and in 2026 that is September 26. It earned its name because its light rises soon after sunset for several nights running, giving farmers extra light to bring in the harvest. It is also sometimes called the Corn Moon, for the corn ripening at the same time.
The Hunter's Moon follows the Harvest Moon and takes its name from the traditional hunting season, when fields stood cleared and game was fattened for winter. In 2026 it falls on the night of October 25–26, with the exact moment at 11:35 PM EDT on October 25 (3:35 AM UTC on October 26). Bright and low in the autumn sky, it is a moon made for long evenings outdoors.
The Beaver Moon is named for the time beavers finish their winter dams and trappers once set their final traps before the waters froze. It is a moon of preparation — finishing, storing, and settling in before winter closes the year.
December's Cold Moon needs little explanation: it rises on the longest nights of the year, when the cold settles in earnest. Falling on Christmas Eve in 2026, it closes the year's lunar cycle with a bright, frosty full moon in Cancer.
Pick any date and see the moon's phase, illumination and age, calculated with the site's own moon algorithm.
Thirteen. Most years have twelve full moons, one per month, but 2026 has two in May — the Flower Moon on May 1 and a Blue Moon on May 31 — bringing the year's total to thirteen.
A Blue Moon is the second full moon to fall within a single calendar month. It is not actually blue in colour; the name comes from the rarity of the event. In 2026 the Blue Moon falls on May 31.
The Hunter's Moon in 2026 reaches its exact full moment at 11:35 PM EDT on October 25, which is 3:35 AM UTC on October 26. The moon will look full to the eye on the nights around that date too.
All times on this page are given in Eastern Time (ET) — EST in winter, EDT in summer — with the UTC time alongside, so you can convert to your own time zone. Eastern Time is UTC−5 in winter and UTC−4 during daylight saving.
The dates are computed from the Moon's synodic month of 29.530588853 days, anchored on the new moon of January 6, 2000, at 6:14 PM UTC — the same calculation used by MoonPhase Tarot's moon tools. Full moons are the points halfway through each cycle. The October 2026 result lands within an hour of published astronomical tables, which confirms the calculation.
The moon is technically full only at one exact moment, but it appears essentially full to the naked eye for about a night either side of it, when illumination is above 98%. That is why a full moon weekend often feels longer than a single night.
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