The Moon

When is the next full Moon?

As of 19 Oct 2026, the next full Moon is the Hunter's Moon on 26 Oct 2026, 04:12 UTC, in Taurus.

Next:

Next full Moon
26 Oct 2026, 04:12 UTC
Sign
Taurus
Name
Hunter's Moon

The dates

Every full Moon to Oct 2027

The full Moon of Oct 2026 arrives on 26 Oct 2026, 04:12 UTC. It opens the list of upcoming full Moons below, and the list runs on until the month shown in the heading. Each date is worked out from the sky for the instant it happens, so the time is given in UTC for everyone. Your local day may differ by one, depending on where you live. Learning how a lunation is counted explains why the gap between full Moons is not the same every time.

Every full Moon to Oct 2027: the instant in UTC and the Moon's sign.
DateNameSign
Hunter's MoonTaurus
Beaver MoonGemini

evening of 23 Dec in New York
Cold MoonCancer
Wolf MoonLeo
Snow MoonVirgo
Worm MoonLibra
Pink MoonScorpio
Flower MoonScorpio

evening of 18 Jun in New York
Strawberry MoonSagittarius
Buck MoonCapricorn
Sturgeon MoonAquarius
Harvest MoonPisces
Hunter's MoonAries

The names

Full Moon names and where they come from

A full Moon has been given a name in many places for a long time. The names mostly grew out of the work of the year rather than out of astronomy. Farmers, fishers and hunters tracked the seasons by the Moon, and each full Moon marked a point in that count. Many of the names still in use were printed in almanacs and farmers' calendars. Others come from older local traditions that were written down later, or passed on within families.

No single list is official. Different regions used different names for the same Moon, and a name that suits one coast may be unknown on the next. The names describe what people saw happening at that time of year. Examples are the first snow, the run of fish, the hunting season and the last ripening of the fields. When a name appears on this page, it is one tradition among several. It is not a forecast of what that Moon will bring.

The full Moon of 26 Oct 2026 carries the name Hunter's Moon on this page. The page follows one tradition for this entry, and other calendars may call the same night something else. The name tells you more about the calendar you are reading than about the sky itself. Read it as a way of marking time, the way a household remembers a particular week by the storm that came through it.

Names also come back. The same name can label a different full Moon in a later year, because most names follow the order of the year rather than a fixed calendar date. When you see a name here, check the date beside it before you plan anything around it.

If you keep a list of your own, write the local date next to the traditional name. That keeps the two separate in your mind. The traditional name tells a story about the season. The date tells you when to look.

Your sign

The next full Moon for your sign

The full Moon of 26 Oct 2026 falls in Taurus. The Sun sits on the far side of the sky from a full Moon, so the Sun's sign is the one opposite. Each house below is paired with a sign on this page, counted from your own Sun sign in whole-sign houses. To see which house the Moon lands in for your own birth data, use the moon sign calculator.

Aries — your 2nd house

The full Moon of 26 Oct 2026 falls in your 2nd house.

The second house is about what you own, earn and value, and how much you rely on it. This full Moon touches that area in a quiet way. It can bring a question about a purchase, a bill or a long-kept item into clearer view. Practical attention: write down one thing you already have that you use well, and leave the rest of the list for another day. This is about noticing, not about a verdict on anything.

Taurus — your 1st house

The full Moon of 26 Oct 2026 falls in your 1st house.

The first house covers the self you bring into a room: your body, your manner and how others first meet you. A full Moon that lands here tends to bring attention to your own body, your appearance and the way you present yourself. It can make a plain question feel personal. Practical attention: before you answer anything important in the next few days, notice how you are standing and breathing, and take one slow breath first.

Gemini — your 12th house

The full Moon of 26 Oct 2026 falls in your 12th house.

The twelfth house is rest, private time, what happens out of sight and the parts of life that are hard to name. A full Moon here tends to bring attention to tiredness, to dreams and to things left unfinished in the background. It often asks for less noise rather than more. Practical attention: set aside one unscheduled hour with no screen, and notice what comes up when nothing is asked of it.

Cancer — your 11th house

The full Moon of 26 Oct 2026 falls in your 11th house.

The eleventh house covers friends, groups, shared hopes and the networks you take part in without being the centre of them. A full Moon here often draws attention to a friend you have not called or a group you have drifted from. It can also show a wish that needs other people to come true. Practical attention: send one message to someone whose company you miss, and ask one question about their week without adding a plan.

Leo — your 10th house

The full Moon of 26 Oct 2026 falls in your 10th house.

The tenth house is career, public standing, responsibility and the way others see your work over time. A full Moon in this house tends to bring attention to a goal, a role or a decision that other people are watching. It may make the gap between what you do and what you are known for more visible. Practical attention: write one sentence describing the work you want to be known for, and check it against the last thing you delivered.

Virgo — your 9th house

The full Moon of 26 Oct 2026 falls in your 9th house.

The ninth house is learning, belief, long journeys, teaching and the wider view of how life fits together. A full Moon here tends to draw attention toward a question you have been carrying about meaning, or toward a course you want to take. It can make a distant place or a book feel close. Practical attention: choose one text, class or conversation that stretches your thinking, and set a day to begin it.

Libra — your 8th house

The full Moon of 26 Oct 2026 falls in your 8th house.

The eighth house holds shared resources, what is owed between people, intimacy, and the things kept private or handed on. A full Moon in this house tends to bring attention to joint affairs, obligations of trust and the questions people leave unspoken. It is a quieter house, and changes here tend to be slow. Practical attention: review one shared arrangement you have with another person, and write down what each side believes it covers.

Scorpio — your 7th house

The full Moon of 26 Oct 2026 falls in your 7th house.

The seventh house is the part of the chart that describes one-to-one partnership, agreements and the other person in a close relationship. A full Moon here often puts the spotlight on what two people have promised each other and what each one hopes for. It can make a disagreement easier to see clearly. Practical attention: name one thing you want from the other person, in plain words, before you ask them about theirs.

Sagittarius — your 6th house

The full Moon of 26 Oct 2026 falls in your 6th house.

The sixth house covers everyday work, routine tasks and the habits that keep a body and a home running. A full Moon that lands here tends to show which routines are working and which are only habit. It may draw attention to a task that has been waiting in a drawer. Practical attention: pick the smallest recurring task you keep avoiding, and give it fifteen minutes with a timer set.

Capricorn — your 5th house

The full Moon of 26 Oct 2026 falls in your 5th house.

The fifth house covers play, creative work, romance, children and the things you make for the pleasure of making them. A full Moon here tends to bring a lift of attention toward what you enjoy and what you have been putting off for fun. Practical attention: choose one small creative task that takes under an hour, and begin it without planning the finished result. The process is the point of it.

Aquarius — your 4th house

The full Moon of 26 Oct 2026 falls in your 4th house.

The fourth house stands for home, family roots and wherever you land at the end of a long day. A full Moon in this part of the chart often draws attention toward a kitchen table, a family memory or the state of a shared space. Feelings from the past may surface without a clear reason. Practical attention: tidy one surface in your home, and notice what you feel while your hands are busy.

Pisces — your 3rd house

The full Moon of 26 Oct 2026 falls in your 3rd house.

The third house is the part of your chart that holds daily conversation, short trips, messages and the people you meet in everyday ways. A full Moon here tends to put the spotlight on what gets said and what gets sent. Words may feel more loaded than usual. Practical attention: pick one message that matters and say it aloud once before you decide whether to send it. Let that second reading do the work of a long pause.

Looking up

When and where to look

A full Moon is visible all night while it is above the horizon. It rises close to the time the Sun sets, so it is often seen first as a large, pale disc low in the east. Clear skies away from street lights make the view easiest. Even so, a full Moon is bright enough to cast clear shadows from a quiet garden or a window.

The moment of fullness is the same everywhere, because it is a single instant in time. This page gives that instant in UTC. For the full Moon of Oct 2026, that reads 26 Oct 2026, 04:12 UTC. To find your local clock time, add or subtract your offset from UTC. The local date can be the day before or the day after the UTC date, which is why each entry names the time as well as the day.

A few practical notes help. Look east as the Moon rises, when it is low and sometimes orange from haze. Give your eyes ten minutes in the dark before you judge how much detail you can see. A pair of binoculars shows the surface markings more clearly than the naked eye does.

For a night you can plan around, pick the evening of the full Moon and the evening before it. The sky changes little in a single day, so either evening gives a clear view. If the weather turns, the same phase returns roughly a month later. For background on how the cycle is counted, see what a lunation is.

Keep a short note of what you saw. Write the date, the time you looked, and whether the sky was clear. Over several full Moons, that note shows how the view changes from one month to the next, which is more useful than any single night.

Eclipses

When a full Moon is an eclipse

A full Moon is an eclipse only when the Moon passes through the shadow of the Earth close enough for the shadow to show. Most full Moons pass above or below that shadow, so most are not eclipses. A lunar eclipse can be penumbral, when the Moon dims only faintly at the edge of the shadow. It can also be umbral, when the Moon enters the darker central shadow. The list that follows names any eclipse among the upcoming full Moons, or says there is none, so check it rather than assuming. For the dates and types of the coming eclipses, see the eclipse calendar.

Frequently asked questions

When is the next full Moon?

The full Moon of Oct 2026 falls on 26 Oct 2026, 04:12 UTC. The time is given in UTC, so use your own offset to read the local clock time. The list on this page runs on to the month shown in the heading, and each entry carries its own date and time. Check the entry you need rather than relying on the last one you remember.

What is the Hunter's Moon?

Hunter's Moon is the traditional name this page gives to the full Moon at the top of the list. Names like it come from almanacs and local calendars, and sources differ on the exact origin. It is one tradition among several, and other regions use other names. A name belongs to the calendar that gives it, not to anything the Moon itself does.

Why is the full Moon at a different time in my time zone?

A full Moon happens at one instant, so that moment is the same for everyone on Earth. The local date and clock time change because each place keeps its own offset from UTC. Someone far to the west may see the same full Moon on the day before the UTC date. Add or subtract your offset from the UTC time to get your own clock time.

How long does a full Moon last?

A full Moon is a moment, not a span of days. To the eye it looks full for roughly a night either side of that instant. Over a single night the change in brightness is hard to tell apart. If you want to watch it, the evenings around the date will show you the same round shape, which is enough for most viewing.

What does the full Moon in Taurus mean?

The full Moon in Taurus is read through the qualities of that sign. The sign colours the tone of a reading, not the timing of the event. Taking that mood as a plan is optional. A practical way in is to look up the sign in the zodiac dates page and notice which of its themes already sit on your kitchen table.

Is the next full Moon an eclipse?

Only some full Moons are eclipses. An eclipse needs the Moon to pass through Earth's shadow, and that does not happen at most full Moons. The eclipse section of this page lists any that apply, so read it for the full Moon of 26 Oct 2026. A full Moon that is not named there is not listed as an eclipse here.

Method & limits

Astronomy first, reflection second.

Every date here is computed with Astronomy Engine, run once into this site's event tables. They are geocentric, in the tropical zodiac, in UTC to the minute, with your own zone beside them once the page loads. The sentence at the top is dated for the data date shown at the top, midnight UTC. Your browser corrects it against your own clock. Readings are for reflection, never health, legal or money guidance. Nothing about you is sent anywhere.