2026 Lunar Calendar: Every Full Moon and Its Astrological Sign

Exact times depend on your time zone. Most lunar calendars list full moon times in UTC; the dates above are the local-date windows in which the exact moment falls for most of the Americas, Europe, and Africa. Australia and East Asia may see the same lunation dated one calendar day later. Effects are felt for roughly 48 hours before and 24 hours after the exact time.

Two of 2026's full moons are lunar eclipses, which means they are not just lunations — they are gate points in longer arcs.

• March 3, 2026 — Total Lunar Eclipse in Virgo (12°). Total eclipses are the most dramatic category. The full moon passes completely through Earth's shadow, turning a deep red ("blood moon") at totality. Total lunar eclipses in Virgo tend to surface themes around health, daily work, service, and craft — with a months-long tail.
• August 28, 2026 — Partial Lunar Eclipse in Pisces (4°). Partial eclipses are softer but still weighted. Pisces eclipses activate dreams, spiritual practice, hidden material, and the twelfth-house themes of your chart. The surfacing can be emotional and non-linear.

Eclipses arrive in series along a specific axis — in 2026, the Virgo–Pisces axis (sixth-house/twelfth-house themes). If you are in the eclipse axis personally (natal planets in Virgo or Pisces, or those houses prominent), the year will feel pivotal. Events near an eclipse tend to mark beginnings or endings of 6–18 month chapters, and the themes are usually specific to the house the eclipse activates in your chart.

Blue Moon: May 31, 2026 — Full Moon in Sagittarius. A "Blue Moon" is the second full moon in a single calendar month (the first is on May 1). Blue Moons happen every 2–3 years and carry the "once in a blue moon" quality of something rare enough to mark.

Super Moon: November 24, 2026 — Full Moon in Gemini. A super moon occurs when the full moon coincides with the Moon's closest approach to Earth (perigee). It appears noticeably larger and brighter. Emotionally, super moons tend to amplify whatever the lunation is working on.

Traditional named moons in 2026:

• Wolf Moon — January 3 (Cancer)
• Snow Moon — February 1 (Leo)
• Worm Moon — March 3 (Virgo, Total Eclipse)
• Pink Moon — April 1 (Libra)
• Flower Moon — May 1 (Scorpio)
• Strawberry Moon — June 29 (Capricorn)
• Buck Moon — July 29 (Aquarius)
• Harvest Moon — September 26 (Aries, closest to autumnal equinox)

Three ways people use a lunar calendar like this:

1. Plan around the sign. Each full moon activates a specific area of life through its sign and house placement. If you know the Leo Full Moon (February 1) falls in your fifth house, you can plan creative work or public expression to land near that lunation. Generate your chart to see which house each 2026 full moon falls into for you.

2. Anticipate emotional weather. Full moons tend to shorten sleep and amplify whatever is already present for 2–3 nights. If you have a high-stakes meeting or consequential decision, check the calendar first. You will thank yourself for scheduling the hard conversation for a week that is not anchored by a full moon eclipse.

3. Track the sign axis. 2026 full moons march through the zodiac in sequence — Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, and back to Cancer. If you journal across a year of lunations, you see how each sign's themes matured for you — a much richer record than a single monthly mood check.

For the corresponding New Moon dates (which are exactly opposite these in the cycle), see any standard lunar calendar — most astrology tools will show both. For the eight phases and what each one is for, see our moon phases hub.

• March 3, 2026 — Total Lunar Eclipse in Virgo. The most consequential lunation of the year. Events that land within two weeks of this date tend to carry outsized importance.
• May 1 and May 31, 2026 — Back-to-back full moons (Scorpio, then Sagittarius Blue Moon). A rare month with two very different lunations. The first is a Flower Moon in deep water; the second is a fiery Blue Moon.
• August 28, 2026 — Partial Lunar Eclipse in Pisces. The second of the year's two eclipses. Themes around dreams, spirituality, grief, and release surface here.
• November 24, 2026 — Gemini Super Moon. The year's closest, brightest full moon. Amplified lunation in a sign that rules voice and communication.