Full Moon Almanac

NLP Stardate System / Moon almanac

Opening moon · September 30, 2026 edition

Hunter’s Moon

Provisions for the dark

Astronomical full phase · Waseca / America/Chicago

26 Oct 2026 at 04:12 UTC

Explore the twelve moonsThis moon’s name & lore

October 2026 — September 2027
A fixed edition of 12 verified full moons.

Sources checked
Central dates observe daylight saving time.

The dates. The names. The turning year.

Twelve nights of full light.

Popular English-language North American almanac names, drawn from varied traditions. They are not a universal Indigenous calendar; communities and places have their own names and seasonal meanings.

  1. MOON 01

    Hunter’s Moon

    26 Oct 2026 at 04:12 UTC

    The full moon following the northern Harvest Moon. Reference

    Hunting and provisions for the coming winter. Name source

  2. MOON 02

    Beaver Moon

    24 Nov 2026 at 14:53 UTC

    Trapping before wetlands froze, in almanac tradition. Name source

  3. MOON 03

    Cold Moon

    24 Dec 2026 at 01:28 UTC

    Winter cold and the year’s long nights. Name source

  4. MOON 04

    Wolf Moon

    22 Jan 2027 at 12:17 UTC

    Winter wolf howls, in the almanac’s telling. Name source

  5. MOON 05

    Snow Moon

    20 Feb 2027 at 23:23 UTC

    A seasonal name for heavy winter snow. Name source

  6. MOON 06

    Worm Moon

    22 Mar 2027 at 10:44 UTC

    Thawing ground and the return of earthworm casts. Name source

  7. MOON 07

    Pink Moon

    20 Apr 2027 at 22:27 UTC

    Named for ground phlox, not the Moon’s color. Name source

  8. MOON 08

    Flower Moon

    20 May 2027 at 10:59 UTC

    Seasonal Blue Moon

    Also the third of four full moons between the March equinox and June solstice: March 22, April 20, May 20 and June 19 (UTC dates). Reference

    A name for abundant spring flowers. Name source

  9. MOON 09

    Strawberry Moon

    19 Jun 2027 at 00:44 UTC

    The season of gathering ripe strawberries. Name source

  10. MOON 10

    Buck Moon

    18 Jul 2027 at 15:45 UTC

    Summer growth of buck antlers. Name source

  11. MOON 11

    Sturgeon Moon

    17 Aug 2027 at 07:29 UTC

    Great Lakes and Lake Champlain fishing, in almanac tradition. Name source

  12. MOON 12

    Harvest Moon

    15 Sep 2027 at 23:03 UTC

    The 2027 September equinox is September 23 at 06:02 UTC. This full moon is the nearest; September’s monthly almanac name is also Corn Moon. Reference

    The full moon nearest the northern autumnal equinox. Name source

Keep the twelve phase times in your calendar

UTC events, shown in your calendar’s time zone. No reminders are added.

A moment in the sky / a night on Earth

Know what you’re looking at.

One instant. Different dates.

Full moon is an astronomical alignment: the Moon is opposite the Sun in the sky as seen from Earth. The phase happens at one worldwide instant. Your calendar date depends on your time zone.

The first moon in this edition is October 26 at 04:12 UTC, which is October 25 at 11:12 p.m. in Central daylight time. Both describe the same event. Phase source

Plan a viewing night.

The Moon can look full on the nights around the phase. For the October event, try the evenings of October 25 or 26 in Central time. For any listed moon, consider the surrounding evenings and check your local moonrise, horizon and weather.

A full-phase time is not a moonrise appointment or a guarantee the Moon is above your horizon. A clear evening can be a better viewing opportunity than the precise phase minute. NASA’s phase guide

Harvest, then Hunter.

In this northern seasonal convention, the Harvest Moon is the full moon nearest the autumnal equinox. It can occur in September or October. The Hunter’s Moon follows it.

Here, September 15 is the 2027 Harvest Moon, nearest the September 23 equinox. These names describe seasonal relationships; they do not change the Moon’s phase. Harvest reference

A blue moon in May.

May 20, 2027 is a seasonal Blue Moon: the third of four full moons in the astronomical season between the March equinox and June solstice.

The other common definition is the second full moon in a calendar month; that depends on the time zone. None of this edition’s twelve is a second-in-month Blue Moon in UTC or Central time. Neither name means the Moon must look blue. Blue Moon reference

The authored worlds of Normal Like Peter

Where the sky becomes a story.

The calendar above is astronomy; the names are sourced seasonal tradition. The Divine SuperCluster is Matt Stoltz’s authored theological atlas, and Wishmaster Blu’s booth is Carnival fiction. Follow those doorways for NLP’s own imaginative worlds, with their registers intact.

The Divine SuperClusterAuthored theology / enter the reading editionWishmaster BluCarnival fiction / every wish comes with a mirror

Sources & edition notes

  1. U.S. Naval Observatory — phase tableFull-phase dates and times. USNO publishes Universal Time to minute precision; displayed here as UTC to that precision.
  2. The Old Farmer’s Almanac — moon namesThe modern almanac collection used for the short name histories, with cultural variation acknowledged.
  3. NASA — Harvest MoonFull moon nearest the northern autumnal equinox.
  4. USNO — the two Blue Moon definitionsThe seasonal convention and May 20, 2027 occurrence.
  5. USNO — 2027 equinoxes and solsticesSeason boundaries used for the Blue and Harvest Moon labels.
  6. NIST — daylight saving time rulesCentral time alternates between CST (UTC−6) and CDT (UTC−5).

Checked September 30, 2026. This edition ends with the September 15, 2027 full moon; later dates require a new source check. The live selection advances only through these verified entries. Illustrative moon artwork is reused from NLP’s Stardate page; it is not a simulation of the next moon’s appearance.