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Full moon calendar 2026: every date, with its name
Every full moon of 2026, computed with the reference astronomical algorithms: first shown in Universal Time, then in your own time zone once the page has loaded.
Facts checked September 2026
These thirteen dates come from Plenilune, my lunar almanac app for iOS: they are computed with Jean Meeus's algorithms, first in Universal Time, then in your own time zone once the page has loaded.
Date | Time | Traditional name |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday, January 3, 2026 | 10:02 AM | Wolf Moon |
| Sunday, February 1, 2026 | 10:09 PM | Snow Moon |
| Tuesday, March 3, 2026 | 11:37 AM | Worm MoonTotal lunar eclipse |
| Thursday, April 2, 2026 | 2:11 AM | Pink Moon |
| Friday, May 1, 2026 | 5:23 PM | Flower Moon |
| Sunday, May 31, 2026 | 8:45 AM | Blue moon, the second full moon of the month |
| Monday, June 29, 2026 | 11:56 PM | Strawberry Moon |
| Wednesday, July 29, 2026 | 2:35 PM | Buck Moon |
| Friday, August 28, 2026 | 4:18 AM | Sturgeon MoonPartial lunar eclipse |
| Saturday, September 26, 2026 | 4:48 PM | Harvest Moon |
| Monday, October 26, 2026 | 4:11 AM | Hunter’s Moon |
| Tuesday, November 24, 2026 | 2:53 PM | Beaver Moon |
| Thursday, December 24, 2026 | 1:28 AM | Cold Moon |
Times are in Universal Time (UTC) until your time zone is detected. Computed in your browser with the same astronomical algorithms as the Plenilune app (Jean Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms). Nothing is fetched from a server.
Each disc shows the phase at noon, local time. A dot marks the day of the full moon. A bitten disc marks an eclipse: lunar at full moon, solar, with its rays, at new moon.
How to read this calendar
The full moon is a single worldwide instant; only its clock time changes with your time zone. When that instant falls near midnight, the calendar date itself can shift by one day depending on where you live; that is why serious calendars always state their time zone. The table above switches to yours automatically. In 2026, the full moon of 29 June falls at 23:56 UTC, which is already 30 June in Europe.
Each date links to the story of that month's named moon: where the name comes from, what the almanacs made of it, and the engraving Plenilune drew for it.
What 2026 holds
- The blue moon of 31 May is also the farthest full moon of 2026, at about 406,100 km. It is sometimes called a micromoon, the opposite of a supermoon.
- The closest, on 24 December, at about 356,700 km: the supermoon of the year. It looks about 14% larger than May's blue moon. The one of 24 November stays just above the 360,000 km line, at about 360,800 km.
- Two lunar eclipses: total on 3 March, the last red moon before 31 December 2028, then partial on 28 August.
- Two solar eclipses at the new moons: annular on 17 February, over Antarctica, then total on 12 August, seen from Greenland, Iceland, Spain and the far north-east of Portugal. It is the first total solar eclipse visible from mainland Europe since 1999.
- No seasonal blue moon: no season of 2026 holds four full moons.
A year in the almanac
Twelve lunar months do not quite fill a year (each lasts 29.53 days), so the full moon falls a day or two earlier each month, and some years hold thirteen full moons. 2026 is one of them. When two fall in the same calendar month, the second is popularly called a blue moon; in 2026 it is the full moon of 31 May, and the table marks it. The Moon will not look blue: the phrase is calendar folklore, not optics.
Questions
- What time is the full moon in 2026?
- Each full moon has its own exact instant, and there is no fixed hour. The table on this page gives the time of each 2026 full moon in your time zone, computed with the standard Meeus algorithms.
- Is there a blue moon in 2026?
- Yes: the full moon of 31 May 2026 is the second of its month, after the one of 1 May. Because dates can shift by a day near midnight, a blue moon depends in principle on the time zone you count in; this one holds in every zone, and the table above marks it.
- When is the supermoon of 2026?
- The full moon of 24 December 2026 is the closest of the year, at about 356,700 km, and the only one under the strict 360,000 km line. The one of 24 November comes close, at about 360,800 km, and some lists count it too.
- Is there a lunar eclipse in 2026?
- Two: a total one on 3 March, which turns the Moon red, and a partial one on 28 August, which darkens only part of it. The next total lunar eclipse is the one of 31 December 2028.
- Why does my paper calendar show a different date?
- Printed calendars are set for one reference time zone, often UTC or the publisher's country. If the instant of the full moon falls near midnight, your local date can differ by one day, with neither calendar wrong.