Full moon calendar 2026.
The Moon reaches full thirteen times in 2026, one more than a calendar year of twelve months would suggest. The extra one falls on May 31, right after a full moon on May 1, which makes that second one a Blue Moon. Here are all of them, with the exact moment each reaches full in UTC, so you can plan a night out or a photo around the real number instead of a rough guess. Looking further out, the 2027 full moon calendar is up too, with the January and February supermoons and no Blue Moon next year.
Every full moon in 2026.
| Date (UTC) | Time (UTC) | Name |
|---|---|---|
| Sat, Jan 3 | 10:03 | Wolf Moon |
| Sun, Feb 1 | 22:09 | Snow Moon |
| Tue, Mar 3 | 11:38 | Worm Moon |
| Thu, Apr 2 | 02:12 | Pink Moon |
| Fri, May 1 | 17:23 | Flower Moon |
| Sun, May 31 | 08:45 | Blue Moon |
| Mon, Jun 29 | 23:57 | Strawberry Moon |
| Wed, Jul 29 | 14:36 | Buck Moon |
| Fri, Aug 28 | 04:18 | Sturgeon Moon |
| Sat, Sep 26 | 16:49 | Harvest Moon |
| Mon, Oct 26 | 04:12 | Hunter's Moon |
| Tue, Nov 24 | 14:53 | Beaver Moon |
| Thu, Dec 24 | 01:28 | Cold Moon |
Grayed rows have already passed.
Two of these land within about an hour of midnight UTC: June 29 at 23:57 and December 24 at 01:28. If you live west of Greenwich, your local calendar date for those can read a day earlier. Lumara pins the moment to your own city so you never have to do that math in your head.
The May 31 Blue Moon.
A Blue Moon is not blue and not rare in the way the phrase suggests. The common meaning is simply the second full moon inside one calendar month. May 2026 gets two, the Flower Moon on May 1 and a second full moon on May 31, so that second one wears the name. It happens roughly every two to three years, whenever a full moon lands early enough in a long month to fit another one before the month ends.
The November and December supermoons.
The Moon's orbit is not a circle, so its distance from Earth varies from about 357,000 km at perigee (closest) to about 405,000 km at apogee (farthest) over roughly a month. When a full moon lands close to perigee, it counts as a supermoon under Fred Espenak's widely used definition, and 2026 has two: November 24 and December 24. December 24 is the closest and largest of the year, about 356,700 km away, roughly 8 percent larger and 16 percent brighter than an average full moon. Looser distance cutoffs published elsewhere list more supermoons than this, so the criterion matters.
Where the names come from.
The month names (Wolf, Snow, Worm, and the rest) come from a mix of Native American, Colonial, and European folk traditions that tied each full moon to what was happening outside: wolves howling in January, the ground thawing for worms in March, strawberries ripening in June. They carry no astronomical meaning, but they are a tidy way to remember which moon is which. The Harvest Moon is the one exception with a rule behind it: it is always the full moon nearest the September equinox, which in 2026 is the September 26 moon.
New moons in 2026.
If you care about dark skies for stargazing or meteor showers, the new moon matters more than the full one. These are the nights with no moonlight at all.
| Date (UTC) | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|
| Sun, Jan 18 | 19:52 |
| Tue, Feb 17 | 12:01 |
| Thu, Mar 19 | 01:23 |
| Fri, Apr 17 | 11:52 |
| Sat, May 16 | 20:01 |
| Mon, Jun 15 | 02:54 |
| Tue, Jul 14 | 09:44 |
| Wed, Aug 12 | 17:37 |
| Fri, Sep 11 | 03:27 |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 15:50 |
| Mon, Nov 9 | 07:02 |
| Wed, Dec 9 | 00:52 |
How these dates are worked out.
Dates and times on this page follow standard ephemeris calculations, cross-checked against Fred Espenak's phase catalog (astropixels.com) and timeanddate.com, and are listed in UTC. The dashboard computes the same new and full moon instants from Meeus's phase series and agrees with this table to under a minute; its live illumination percentage and distance use a shorter series, so those read close rather than exact. Open the dashboard to see the current phase, illumination percentage, and the next full and new moon counted down for your location.
Quick answers.
How many full moons are there in 2026? Thirteen. May has two full moons, on May 1 and May 31, which is one more than the usual twelve. The second one, on May 31, is the Blue Moon.
When is the Blue Moon in 2026? May 31, 2026, at 08:45 UTC. It counts as a Blue Moon because it is the second full moon in a single calendar month, after the Flower Moon on May 1.
When is the Harvest Moon in 2026? September 26, 2026. The Harvest Moon is the full moon closest to the September equinox, and in 2026 that is the September full moon.
Why does the full moon date depend on my time zone? A full moon happens at one exact instant for the whole planet. The times here are in UTC. If that instant lands near midnight UTC, your local calendar date can be a day earlier or later. The Lumara app shows the moment in your own time zone.
Which full moons in 2026 are supermoons? November 24 and December 24, under Fred Espenak's perigee-based definition. December 24 is the closest and largest of the year, about 356,700 km away, roughly 8 percent larger and 16 percent brighter than an average full moon.