Full Moon Calendar 2026: Every Date, Every Sign

2026 is a generous lunar year: thirteen full moons instead of the usual twelve, two of them eclipsed — including a total lunar eclipse in March — and twelve new moons, one of which is the total solar eclipse of August 12. Every date below is computed from the ephemeris at UTC. For the same sky laid out day by day, see the 2026 astrology calendar.

All Full Moons of 2026

Dates are UTC; a lunation close to midnight can land on the neighbouring day in your local time zone.

Thirteen Moons and a Blue Moon in May

Because the lunar cycle runs 29.5 days, most years fit twelve full moons — 2026 fits thirteen, and May takes the extra one. Full moons on May 1 and May 31 make the second a blue moon in the popular calendar sense. Astrologically the more interesting detail is the pairing of signs: Scorpio at the start of the month, Sagittarius at its end — an intensity-then-release sequence, with the month's heavy emotional business front-loaded and its optimism saved for the finish.

The year also bookends neatly: it opens with a Cancer full moon on January 3 and closes with another on December 24. Cancer is the Moon's own sign, so 2026 begins and ends with the Moon at full strength on home ground — family, home and belonging as the year's frame.

The Eclipse Moons

Two full moons are eclipsed in 2026, and unlike the subtle penumbral kind, both are the visible sort:

• March 3 in Virgo — total lunar eclipse. The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow. Paired with the annular solar eclipse in Aquarius of February 17, it closes the late-winter eclipse season on the Virgo–Pisces axis: daily work, health, routines and what they cost.
• August 28 in Pisces — partial lunar eclipse. The closer of the summer eclipse season, sixteen days after the total solar eclipse in Leo that crosses Iceland and Spain on August 12. Whatever that headline eclipse sets in motion, the Pisces moon two weeks later shows its emotional bill.

Eclipse full moons are read as ordinary full moons with the volume up: endings and culminations that would have taken months arrive in weeks.

All New Moons of 2026

Timing the Month by the Moon

The lunar rhythm gives every month the same two beats. The new moon starts the tape: intentions, launches, first steps, anything meant to grow across the coming weeks. The full moon plays it back: results become visible, emotions peak, and the days just after favour completing and releasing rather than beginning. The sign tells you which department peaks — October 26 in Taurus brings money and security matters to a head, September 26 in Aries does the same for personal projects and independence.

Two overlays are worth checking before you act on a lunation in 2026. The three Mercury retrograde windows (February 26 – March 20, June 29 – July 23, October 24 – November 13) argue for resuming rather than launching — the March 19 Pisces and July 14 Cancer new moons both fall inside them. And the Venus retrograde of October 3 – November 14 hangs over the Scorpio new moon of November 9: a famously poor week for cosmetic overhauls and dramatic romantic declarations, a famously good one for reunions. Details in the 2026 retrograde guide, and your own chart's houses — via the birth chart calculator — localise every date on this page.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many full moons does 2026 have? Thirteen — May contains two (May 1 and May 31), making the May 31 moon a blue moon in the two-in-one-month sense.

Which 2026 full moon is the biggest deal? The total lunar eclipse of March 3 in Virgo is the strongest full moon of the year astrologically, with the partial eclipse of August 28 in Pisces close behind because it rides the wake of the August 12 total solar eclipse.

What time zone are these dates in? UTC, straight from the ephemeris; local calendars can shift a near-midnight lunation by a day.

Where does the rest of 2026's astrology live? The 2026 astrology hub has the eclipse and retrograde guides; the 2026 horoscope reads the year sign by sign.