Full Moon Calendar 2026–2027: Every Date, Time Zone Trap, and What Each Moon Is Called
If you plan anything around the lunar cycle — a reset, a journalling practice, a monthly check-in, or just a night outside — you need two things: the date, and the confidence that the date is right for where you live. Most calendars online give you the first and quietly get the second wrong.
This page fixes both. Bookmark it. We update it as each moon passes.
The next full moon
Saturday 26 September 2026, 16:49 UTC — the Harvest Moon.
For Australian east-coast readers that lands on Sunday 27 September, 2:49am AEST. For the US east coast it's Saturday afternoon. Same moon, different date on the wall calendar. More on why that happens below.
Full moon dates: rest of 2026
All dates below are UTC. Check the section underneath before you write one in your diary.
26 September 2026 — Harvest Moon · closest full moon to the September equinox
26 October 2026 — Hunter's Moon
24 November 2026 — Beaver Moon · supermoon
24 December 2026 — Cold Moon · supermoon, closest of the year
Full moon dates: 2027
22 January 2027 — Wolf Moon · supermoon
20 February 2027 — Snow Moon · supermoon, penumbral lunar eclipse
22 March 2027 — Worm Moon
20 April 2027 — Pink Moon
20 May 2027 — Flower Moon · seasonal blue moon
19 June 2027 — Strawberry Moon
18 July 2027 — Buck Moon
17 August 2027 — Sturgeon Moon · micromoon, penumbral lunar eclipse
15 September 2027 — Harvest Moon · unusually close to the equinox
15 October 2027 — Hunter's Moon
14 November 2027 — Beaver Moon
13 December 2027 — Cold Moon
Notice the pattern: 2027's dates land roughly a week earlier in each month than 2026's. That's the lunar cycle — 29.53 days — sliding backwards against months of 30 and 31 days. Over a year the drift adds up to about eleven days.
The time zone trap (this is the part most calendars skip)
A full moon is not a night. It's an instant — the exact moment the Moon sits opposite the Sun, with Earth in between. That instant happens simultaneously everywhere on the planet. What differs is what your clock says when it does.
So when a US site tells you the full moon is on 24 November and you're in Melbourne, you may well be looking at a 25 November event in your own time zone. If the peak falls late in the UTC day, everyone east of Greenwich rolls over into the next date.
The practical rule: if you're in Australia, New Zealand, or East Asia, assume the date may be one day later than whatever a US or UK source tells you, and verify. If you're in the Americas, assume it may be one day earlier than a UTC listing.
If you're tracking this monthly, use a tool that resolves to your actual location rather than reading a static table. Ours is on the homepage.
"How long is the moon full?" — the three-night window
Technically, full lasts a moment. Practically, the Moon looks round and bright to the naked eye for about three nights: the night before peak, the night of, and the night after. You cannot tell the difference between 99.4% and 100% illumination by looking.
This matters if you're building any kind of monthly rhythm around the cycle. You are not chasing a single hour. You have a window, and missing the exact minute costs you nothing.
Where the names come from
Wolf, Snow, Worm, Pink, Flower, Strawberry, Buck, Sturgeon, Harvest, Hunter's, Beaver, Cold. These are folklore, not astronomy. They were popularised in English-language almanacs and draw on a mix of Algonquian, colonial American, and European seasonal traditions. Each name described the month it fell in, not the Moon itself — no full moon is actually pink.
Worth saying plainly for readers below the equator: these names are northern-hemisphere seasonal markers. A "Cold Moon" in December makes no sense in Australia, where December is high summer. Use them as labels if you like the poetry. Don't read the seasons into them.
The one name that isn't a month label is the Harvest Moon — properly the full moon nearest the September equinox, wherever it falls. Around that date at northern latitudes the Moon rises only 20–30 minutes later each evening instead of the usual 50, which kept the fields lit for late harvesting. South of the equator the same effect belongs to the March equinox moon instead.
Supermoons and eclipses in this window
A supermoon is a full moon near perigee, the closest point in its slightly oval orbit. It appears up to about 7% wider than average — real, but genuinely hard to notice without a side-by-side photo. The December 2026 moon is the closest in this two-year window.
A micromoon is the opposite: full moon near apogee. August 2027 is one.
Two penumbral lunar eclipses fall in 2027 (February and August). Penumbral eclipses are subtle — the Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly rather than turning red. Don't expect drama.
Frequently asked
How often is there a full moon?
Every 29.53 days on average. Usually twelve per calendar year; occasionally thirteen, which produces a blue moon.
What is a blue moon?
Two definitions are in circulation. The common modern one: the second full moon in a single calendar month. The older almanac one: the third full moon in a season that contains four. May 2027 is a blue moon by the second definition.
Can I see a full moon during the day?
Sometimes, low in the sky near sunrise or sunset. The peak instant often falls during daylight hours where you are — as it does for the September 2026 moon in the Americas — which is exactly why the three-night window is the useful frame.
Do I need equipment?
No. The full moon is the one astronomical target that needs nothing. If you own a telescope, ironically, the full moon is the worst night to use it — shadows disappear at full illumination. Try a few days either side.
Where this fits
The dates are the easy part. What people actually want to know is what to do with them — and that's a longer conversation about rhythm, rest, and building a monthly practice you'll still be doing in a year.
If that's what brought you here, start with What Is a Full Moon Cleanse? A Guide to Resetting With the Lunar Cycle — it covers the practice itself, what's tradition, what's evidence, and how to approach a monthly cycle sensibly.
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Astronomical dates verified against published ephemeris tables. Times are UTC unless stated. This page is updated after each full moon.
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