13 full moons · 12 new moons · 1 supermoon
January 2026
- 3 Full MoonSat
- 10 Last QuarterSat
- 18 New MoonSun
- 26 First QuarterMon
February 2026
- 1 Full MoonSun
- 9 Last QuarterMon
- 17 New MoonTue
- 24 First QuarterTue
March 2026
- 3 Full MoonTue
- 11 Last QuarterWed
- 18 New MoonWed
- 25 First QuarterWed
April 2026
- 1 Full MoonWed
- 10 Last QuarterFri
- 17 New MoonFri
- 23 First QuarterThu
May 2026
- 1 Full MoonFri
- 9 Last QuarterSat
- 16 New MoonSat
- 23 First QuarterSat
- 31 Full MoonSun Blue Moon
June 2026
- 8 Last QuarterMon
- 14 New MoonSun
- 21 First QuarterSun
- 29 Full MoonMon
July 2026
- 7 Last QuarterTue
- 14 New MoonTue
- 21 First QuarterTue
- 29 Full MoonWed
August 2026
- 5 Last QuarterWed
- 12 New MoonWed
- 19 First QuarterWed
- 28 Full MoonFri
September 2026
- 4 Last QuarterFri
- 10 New MoonThu
- 18 First QuarterFri
- 26 Full MoonSat
October 2026
- 3 Last QuarterSat
- 10 New MoonSat
- 18 First QuarterSun
- 26 Full MoonMon
November 2026
- 1 Last QuarterSun
- 9 New MoonMon
- 17 First QuarterTue
- 24 Full MoonTue
December 2026
- 1 Last QuarterTue
- 8 New MoonTue
- 17 First QuarterThu
- 23 Full MoonWed Supermoon
- 30 Last QuarterWed
Dates in New York time. The Moon as seen from the Northern Hemisphere.
How Moon phases work
The Moon has no light of its own: the bright part we see is the side facing the Sun. Over about 29.5 days it goes through the four main phases — New Moon, First Quarter, Full Moon and Last Quarter — with crescent and gibbous phases in between.
From the Southern Hemisphere the Moon looks upside down compared with the north: a waxing crescent is lit on the left instead of the right.
A supermoon is a Full Moon near perigee, less than 360,000 km from Earth, so it looks slightly bigger and brighter. A Blue Moon is the second Full Moon in a calendar month.