When is the next full moon?

No. Tonight's Moon is 90% lit and growing. The next full moon is Mon, Oct 26, in 3 days.

Hunter's Moon

Mon, Oct 26, 2026 · 04:15 UTC

368,853 km from Earth

Next supermoon: Tue, Nov 24, 2026

Worked out for Fri, Oct 23, 2026 (UTC).

▶ Watch the Moon go roundEarth and the Moon from above, starting at tonight's phase. The Moon is full when it reaches the far side of Earth from the Sun.

Full moons in 2026

Date	Name	km away
Sat, Jan 3 10:06 UTC	Wolf Moon	362,303 Supermoon
Sun, Feb 1 22:10 UTC	Snow Moon	371,371
Tue, Mar 3 11:38 UTC	Worm Moon	382,609 Total lunar eclipse
Thu, Apr 2 02:14 UTC	Pink Moon	393,602
Fri, May 1 17:27 UTC	Flower Moon	402,006
Sun, May 31 08:47 UTC	Blue Moon	406,137
Mon, Jun 29 23:56 UTC	Strawberry Moon	405,252
Wed, Jul 29 14:37 UTC	Buck Moon	399,614
Fri, Aug 28 04:22 UTC	Sturgeon Moon	390,390 Partial lunar eclipse
Sat, Sep 26 16:53 UTC	Harvest Moon	379,415
Mon, Oct 26 04:15 UTC	Hunter's Moon	368,853
Tue, Nov 24 14:59 UTC	Beaver Moon	360,763 Supermoon
Thu, Dec 24 01:34 UTC	Cold Moon	356,742 Supermoon

Full moons in 2027

Date	Name	km away
Fri, Jan 22 12:19 UTC	Wolf Moon	357,639 Supermoon
Sat, Feb 20 23:21 UTC	Snow Moon	363,302 Supermoon · Penumbral lunar eclipse
Mon, Mar 22 10:41 UTC	Worm Moon	372,529
Tue, Apr 20 22:26 UTC	Pink Moon	383,427
Thu, May 20 10:58 UTC	Flower Moon	393,898
Sat, Jun 19 00:43 UTC	Strawberry Moon	401,950
Sun, Jul 18 15:45 UTC	Buck Moon	405,975
Tue, Aug 17 07:32 UTC	Sturgeon Moon	405,079 Penumbral lunar eclipse
Wed, Sep 15 23:08 UTC	Harvest Moon	399,352
Fri, Oct 15 13:50 UTC	Hunter's Moon	389,930
Sun, Nov 14 03:30 UTC	Beaver Moon	378,760
Mon, Dec 13 16:14 UTC	Cold Moon	368,143

Times are the moment the Moon is exactly opposite the Sun, worked out on this page; they agree with published times to within about a quarter of an hour. Distances are centre to centre. A supermoon here is a full moon within 10% of the closest point of that orbit, the definition most lists use.

Full moon names

Each month's full moon has an old name, mostly from North American almanacs: Wolf (January), Snow, Worm, Pink, Flower, Strawberry, Buck, Sturgeon, Corn, Hunter's, Beaver and Cold (December). Two follow the equinox instead of the calendar: the Harvest Moon is the full moon nearest the September equinox, and the Hunter's Moon is the one after it. A second full moon in one month is a Blue Moon.

How long is the Moon full?

Full moon is an instant, the moment the Moon is exactly opposite the Sun. A day either side it is still more than 98% lit, so it looks full for about three nights. It rises around sunset and sets around sunrise, because it sits on the far side of Earth from the Sun.

Supermoons

The Moon's orbit is an ellipse, so its distance swings between about 356,000 and 407,000 km. A full moon at the near end looks about 14% wider and 30% brighter than one at the far end. That is hard to spot by eye without the two side by side.

What the simulator does

Earth and the Moon seen from above, with sunlight coming from the Sun's real direction.
The Moon starts at tonight's phase. Play time and it comes round to the far side of Earth, where it is full.
Beside it is the same Moon as it looks from Earth, and two stopwatches time the month.

Questions people ask

Is it a full moon tonight?

The answer at the top of this page is worked out for your date and time zone. The Moon looks full for about a day either side of the exact moment, so the nights before and after look full too.

When is the next supermoon?

In 2026: Nov 24 and Dec 24. In 2027: Jan 22 and Feb 20. A supermoon is a full moon near the closest point of the Moon's orbit; the tables above mark them.

What is the Hunter's Moon?

The full moon after the Harvest Moon, which is the full moon nearest the September equinox, so the Hunter's Moon usually falls in October. Around both, the full moon rises soon after sunset several nights in a row, which gave farmers and hunters light in the evening.

What is a blue moon?

The second full moon in one calendar month, using the same time zone as the tables. It comes round every two or three years; the next is on Dec 31, 2028. It has nothing to do with colour.

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