Lunations · November 2026 to May 2027
Every new moon and full moon, November 2026 to May 2027
14 lunations, from the Scorpio new moon to the Flower Moon. Exact times, exact degrees, the old names, and the two eclipses in between.
Johannes Hevelius, Selenographia, 1647
At a glance
The November 2026 full moon, the Beaver Moon, is exact on November 24, 2026, 14:53 UTC at 2°20′ Gemini. December's Cold Moon follows on December 24, 2026, 01:28 UTC at 2°14′ Cancer.
- Beaver Moon
- November 24, 2026, 14:53 UTC2°20′ Gemini · Tue Nov 24, 9:53 AM EST New York
- Cold Moon
- December 24, 2026, 01:28 UTC2°14′ Cancer · Wed Dec 23, 8:28 PM EST New York
- Supermoons
- Cold Moon and Wolf MoonMoon under 360,000 km
- Eclipses
- February 6 and February 20, 2027Annular solar eclipse · Penumbral lunar eclipse
- First and last
- November 9 to May 20, 20277 new, 7 full
Find your rising sign firstFree birth chart: then use the finder below.
The calendar
Seven months of Moon, to the minute
Every month the Moon does the same two things. It slips between the Earth and the Sun and goes dark, a new moon. Two weeks later it swings to the far side and comes up round and bright at sunset, a full moon. Astrologers call each of those moments a lunation, and they have used them to time beginnings and endings for a very long time.
This page lists all 14 lunations from November 9, 2026 to May 20, 2027. Each one has its own page with the exact time in several cities, the zodiac degree, every planet aspecting it, the folk name if it has one, and a finder that shows which house of your chart it lands in.
A few things worth knowing up front. The run starts with a new moon in Scorpio while Mercury and Venus are both retrograde. It passes two supermoons back to back, Full Moon December 2026, Full Moon January 2027. It crosses an eclipse season in February 2027, New Moon February 2027, Full Moon February 2027. And it ends with two full moons in a row in Scorpio, one at the first degree and one at the last.
Every date here is computed with the JPL DE442 ephemeris, not copied from another site. Times are in UTC with local conversions on each page.
The sky behind it
skyfield + JPL DE442, geocentric apparent, tropical, true ecliptic of date; folk names per Farmers' Almanac/NASA by US Eastern month; supermoon = Moon closer than 360,000 km at the exact phase
The names
Beaver, Cold, Wolf, Snow, Worm, Pink, Flower
Try this today
- On the next full moon, go outside about 15 minutes after sunset and watch it rise in the east. It looks biggest near the horizon, which is an optical illusion, not distance.
- Learn the name of this month's full moon in a language your family speaks.
The full moon names you see everywhere come mostly from the Farmers' Almanac, which says it collected them from Native American, colonial American and European sources. NASA uses the same set, from the Maine Farmers' Almanac, in its monthly skywatching notes. Both are clear that different nations used different names, and that the list is a popular convention.
We assign each name by the month the full moon falls in on US Eastern time, the way the Almanac does. For this run: Beaver Moon (Gemini, November 24), Cold Moon (Cancer, December 24), Wolf Moon (Leo, January 22), Snow Moon (Virgo, February 20), Worm Moon (Libra, March 22), Pink Moon (Scorpio, April 20), Flower Moon (Scorpio, May 20).
New moons have no folk names. You cannot see a new moon, so nobody named one.
Below the equator the seasons flip, so a Beaver Moon in late spring makes no sense. Some Southern Hemisphere moon calendars use the name from six months away instead. That is a modern convention too, and nothing more.
Eclipse season
February 2027: two eclipses in two weeks
Most months the Moon passes a little above or below the Sun's path, so nothing dramatic happens. Twice a year, the timing lines up with the Moon's nodes and the new and full moons become eclipses.
In this run that happens in February 2027. The new moon in Aquarius is an annular solar eclipse: NASA's catalogue puts the ring of fire on a narrow path across the far south. Two weeks later the full moon in Virgo is a penumbral lunar eclipse, a faint dimming most people will not notice.
Astrologers treat eclipses as the high-stakes lunations, starts and endings that seem to arrive on their own schedule and unfold over months. We give you the computed facts, the NASA cross-check and the traditional reading, and leave the meaning to you.
The sky behind it
Moon's ecliptic latitude at each February lunation: New Moon February 2027 -0.268°; Full Moon February 2027 -1.059°. Eclipse types from the NASA GSFC catalogue.
Closest and farthest
Two supermoons, one micro new moon
The Moon's orbit is an ellipse, so its distance changes through the month. "Supermoon" has no official definition. We use a plain one: the Moon closer than 360,000 km at the exact full or new moon.
By that rule this run has 2 supermoons: the Cold Moon (356,738 km) and the Wolf Moon (357,644 km). The closest lunation of all is the full moon december 2026. The November Beaver Moon is 360,765 km, just outside our line, which is why some sites call it a supermoon and others do not.
At the other end, the farthest is the new moon january 2027 at 406,524 km. You cannot see a new moon, so it makes no visible difference, but it is a fun fact for the group chat.
Make it yours
Your personal lunation calendar
Tap your rising sign to see which house of your chart each of these new and full moons lands in, plus a live countdown to the next one in your own time zone. If you do not know your rising sign, your Sun sign works as a simpler version.
Rising (or Sun) sign
New Moon November 2026
Aries rising: 8th house.
That house covers shared money, intimacy and deep change. Sort out a shared account, a debt or a difficult feeling.
For reflection only.
Next lunation in
16°53′ Scorpio
The Moon reaches 16°53′ Scorpio exactly.
Every lunation, in your houses
- New Moon November 2026Scorpio, 8th houseshared money, intimacy and deep change
- Full Moon November 2026Gemini, 3rd housemessages, siblings, neighbors and short trips
- New Moon December 2026Sagittarius, 9th housetravel, study, beliefs and the big picture
- Full Moon December 2026Cancer, 4th househome, family and roots
- New Moon January 2027Capricorn, 10th housecareer, reputation and long-term goals
- Full Moon January 2027Leo, 5th housejoy, romance, creativity and kids
- New Moon February 2027Aquarius, 11th housefriends, groups and hopes for the future
- Full Moon February 2027Virgo, 6th housework routines, health and daily habits
- New Moon March 2027Pisces, 12th houserest, solitude, dreams and endings
- Full Moon March 2027Libra, 7th housepartners, contracts and one-to-one relationships
- New Moon April 2027Aries, 1st houseself, body and first impressions
- Full Moon April 2027Scorpio, 8th houseshared money, intimacy and deep change
- New Moon May 2027Taurus, 2nd housemoney, possessions and self-worth
- Full Moon May 2027Scorpio, 8th houseshared money, intimacy and deep change
More to read
Shorter reads. Each opens in place.
Quiet ones
The lunations with no planet in the way
At 3 of the 14 lunations in this run, no planet from Mercury to Pluto aspects the Moon within our orbs: New Moon December 2026, New Moon March 2027, Full Moon April 2027. Astrologers read an unaspected lunation as its signs speaking plainly.
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How we computed it
Method, in one paragraph
Exact phase times from skyfield's moon-phase search on JPL DE442, geocentric and apparent, tropical zodiac on the true ecliptic of date, all in UTC. Local times use the IANA time zone database. Spot-checked against timeanddate and the NASA GSFC eclipse catalogue.
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Every lunation, November 2026 to May 2027
Exact UTC times and New York times, the Moon's tropical position, the folk name and the distance. Tap any row's page for planet aspects and more time zones.
| Lunation | Exact (UTC) | New York | Moon at | Name or eclipse | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Moon November 2026 | November 9, 2026, 07:02 UTC | Mon Nov 9, 2:02 AM EST | 16°53′ Scorpio | - | 397,770 km |
| Full Moon November 2026 | November 24, 2026, 14:53 UTC | Tue Nov 24, 9:53 AM EST | 2°20′ Gemini | Beaver Moon | 360,765 km |
| New Moon December 2026 | December 9, 2026, 00:51 UTC | Tue Dec 8, 7:51 PM EST | 16°57′ Sagittarius | - | 404,688 km |
| Full Moon December 2026 | December 24, 2026, 01:28 UTC | Wed Dec 23, 8:28 PM EST | 2°14′ Cancer | Cold Moon | 356,738 km (supermoon) |
| New Moon January 2027 | January 7, 2027, 20:24 UTC | Thu Jan 7, 3:24 PM EST | 17°18′ Capricorn | - | 406,524 km |
| Full Moon January 2027 | January 22, 2027, 12:17 UTC | Fri Jan 22, 7:17 AM EST | 2°14′ Leo | Wolf Moon | 357,644 km (supermoon) |
| New Moon February 2027 | February 6, 2027, 15:56 UTC | Sat Feb 6, 10:56 AM EST | 17°38′ Aquarius | Annular solar eclipse | 402,711 km |
| Full Moon February 2027 | February 20, 2027, 23:23 UTC | Sat Feb 20, 6:23 PM EST | 2°06′ Virgo | Snow Moon · Penumbral lunar eclipse | 363,306 km |
| New Moon March 2027 | March 8, 2027, 09:29 UTC | Mon Mar 8, 4:29 AM EST | 17°35′ Pisces | - | 394,344 km |
| Full Moon March 2027 | March 22, 2027, 10:43 UTC | Mon Mar 22, 6:43 AM EDT | 1°35′ Libra | Worm Moon | 372,527 km |
| New Moon April 2027 | April 6, 2027, 23:51 UTC | Tue Apr 6, 7:51 PM EDT | 16°57′ Aries | - | 383,641 km |
| Full Moon April 2027 | April 20, 2027, 22:27 UTC | Tue Apr 20, 6:27 PM EDT | 0°37′ Scorpio | Pink Moon | 383,429 km |
| New Moon May 2027 | May 6, 2027, 10:58 UTC | Thu May 6, 6:58 AM EDT | 15°43′ Taurus | - | 372,976 km |
| Full Moon May 2027 | May 20, 2027, 10:59 UTC | Thu May 20, 6:59 AM EDT | 29°14′ Scorpio | Flower Moon | 393,901 km |
All times are UTC. In the Americas the local date can be a day earlier; in Asia and Australia a day later.
Quick answers
When is the full moon in November 2026?
The November 2026 full moon, the Beaver Moon, is exact on November 24, 2026, 14:53 UTC, which is Tue Nov 24, 9:53 AM EST in New York. It is in Gemini at 2°20′ Gemini.
What sign is the full moon in November 2026?
Gemini, at 2°20′ Gemini in the tropical zodiac, opposite the Sun at 2°20′ Sagittarius. Uranus sits right beside the Moon.
When is the Cold Moon 2026?
December's Cold Moon is exact on December 24, 2026, 01:28 UTC, which is Wed Dec 23, 8:28 PM EST in New York, so it is the 23rd in the Americas and the 24th in Europe and Asia. It is in Cancer at 2°14′ Cancer and is a supermoon by our 360,000 km rule.
What does the Cold Moon in December 2026 mean?
In astrology, a full moon in Cancer is read as a peak for home, family and feelings, with the Capricorn Sun opposite pulling toward work and duty. Arriving in the holiday week, it is often framed as a check-in on what home really means to you.
Are there eclipses between November 2026 and May 2027?
Yes, two, both in February 2027: annular solar eclipse on February 6, 2027 in Aquarius, and a penumbral lunar eclipse on February 20, 2027 in Virgo. Types are from the NASA GSFC catalogue.
Why do some sites give a different date for the full moon?
Because the exact moment is one instant worldwide, but the calendar date depends on your time zone. A full moon late in the evening in New York is already the next day in London. Each lunation page lists several cities.
What is a lunation in astrology?
A lunation is a new moon or a full moon. Astrologers use new moons for setting intentions and starting things, and full moons for finishing, releasing and noticing what has come to light. It is a reflective tradition, not a prediction.
