Moon Phase Calendar

Tonight's moon, every phase for any month in your own time zone, and the full moons of the year.

Reading the calendar

• Tonight: phase, illumination and lunar age at the top.
• Any month: quarter days and the named full moon.
• Your time zone: dates follow your device clock and timezone. The phase itself is the same global lunar phase seen from every place on Earth, so the page does not need your location.
• Any date from 1900 to 2100: enter it to look up the moon on the day you were born.

Phase to ritual, the traditional map

Practitioners treat waxing light as a time to draw in and act, waning light as a time to clear, the full moon as a peak for charging, the new moon as a seed point, and the dark moon as rest. What each phase traditionally supports in moon magic and esbats:

Phase work is a timing tradition, not a guarantee of outcomes, and never a substitute for professional care.

Gardeners who plant by the moon use the same split, sowing above-ground crops as the light grows and root crops as it shrinks.

The named full moons

The almanac names below are a modern synthesis; Indigenous lunar names are culturally specific, not universal labels.

A folk name is not the whole month. When a full moon falls under a lunar eclipse, many practitioners lean toward release rather than charging, whatever the month's name suggests. The August 2026 calendar is a worked example, with the Sturgeon Moon falling under a lunar eclipse.

Full moon calendar 2026 and 2027

Every full moon of this year and next, with its folk name and the exact time in US Eastern time. In other time zones the date can shift by a day for full moons near midnight; the calendar above shows each one in your own time zone, and Add to my calendar puts a whole year of phases in your calendar app.

Full moons in 2026

Full moons in 2027

Your local date can differ at a quarter crossing near midnight, so plan from your own device date, then go deeper through esbats, moon water, and drawing down the moon.