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Moon phases

The moon has guided calendars, harvests and stories for thousands of years. See the moon on the night you were born, what tradition says about it, and what the sky has coming up.

The moon on your birthday

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Tonight

Waning crescent

24% lit tonight. The last sliver before the dark is a time of rest and quiet. Astrologers call it the balsamic moon, from balm, for its healing feel. Lore says it is the time to rest, dream and get ready for the next beginning.

Next full moon: Hunter's Moon, Monday, October 26 at 12:12 AM Eastern. Next new moon: October 10.

The eight phases

New moonA fresh startWaxing crescentHope and growthFirst quarterAction and decisionWaxing gibbousRefinementFull moonPeak and illuminationWaning gibbousGratitude and sharingLast quarterReleaseWaning crescentRest and renewal

Full moons of 2026

DateNameExact time (ET)
Jan 3Wolf Moon5:03 AM
Feb 1Snow Moon5:09 PM
Mar 3Worm Moon · Total lunar eclipse6:38 AM
Apr 1Pink Moon10:12 PM
May 1Flower Moon1:23 PM
May 31Blue Moon second full moon this month4:45 AM
Jun 29Strawberry Moon7:57 PM
Jul 29Buck Moon10:36 AM
Aug 28Sturgeon Moon · Partial lunar eclipse12:18 AM
Sep 26Harvest Moon nearest the autumn equinox12:49 PM
Oct 26Hunter's Moon12:12 AM
Nov 24Beaver Moon9:53 AM
Dec 23Cold Moon8:28 PM

Moon calendar

US Eastern dates. New, quarter and full moon days are labeled.

Eclipses ahead

Lunar eclipses happen only at full moon and solar eclipses only at new moon. Each one is visible from part of the world, not everywhere.

Feb 6, 2027Annular solar eclipse
Feb 20, 2027Penumbral lunar eclipse
Aug 2, 2027Total solar eclipse
Aug 17, 2027Penumbral lunar eclipse
Jan 11, 2028Partial lunar eclipse
Jan 26, 2028Annular solar eclipse
Jul 6, 2028Partial lunar eclipse
Jul 21, 2028Total solar eclipse

Are more babies born on a full moon?

Nurses and midwives have long said the full moon brings a rush of babies. We checked every US birth from 2000 to 2014, about 60 million of them, sorted by the moon phase that day. The difference is essentially zero: full-moon days were within a fraction of a percent of every other phase once you allow for weekdays and holidays, which affect birth numbers far more than the moon does.

PhaseDaysAvg. births per dayVs. expected
New moon18511,321+0.1%
Waxing crescent1,18111,351+0.2%
First quarter18511,329+0.0%
Waxing gibbous1,17711,372+0.1%
Full moon18511,3920.0%
Waning gibbous1,17911,346-0.2%
Last quarter18511,273-0.5%
Waning crescent1,18811,351+0.0%

US Social Security Administration daily birth counts, 2000 to 2014, via FiveThirtyEight. “Vs. expected” compares each day with the same weekday in the weeks around it, leaving out holidays.

Full moon names

January
Wolf Moon
Named for the wolves heard howling in the cold, hungry nights of midwinter.
February
Snow Moon
February usually brings the heaviest snow. Some called it the Hunger Moon, when food ran short.
March
Worm Moon
As the ground thaws, earthworms appear and the robins return. Also called the Sap Moon.
April
Pink Moon
Named for wild ground phlox, or moss pink, one of the first flowers of spring. The moon itself isn't pink.
May
Flower Moon
Flowers bloom everywhere in May.
June
Strawberry Moon
The short season for gathering ripe wild strawberries.
July
Buck Moon
Male deer, bucks, are growing their new antlers.
August
Sturgeon Moon
Sturgeon were easiest to catch in the Great Lakes at this time of year.
September
Harvest Moon
The full moon nearest the autumn equinox, whose bright light let farmers work late bringing in the harvest. Usually in September. When it falls in October, September's full moon is called the Corn Moon.
October
Hunter's Moon
The full moon after the Harvest Moon, when hunters tracked game across the cleared fields.
November
Beaver Moon
Beavers are busy building their winter lodges, and it was the time to set beaver traps.
December
Cold Moon
The long, cold nights of December. Also called the Long Night Moon.

Blue Moon. A blue moon is the second full moon in a single calendar month. It happens about once every two and a half to three years, which is where "once in a blue moon" comes from. (The older definition is the third of four full moons in one season.) The moon doesn't actually look blue.

Moon phase and eclipse times: Fred Espenak, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, checked against our own calculation (they agree to within a minute for 1901 to 2100). Full moon names are traditional North American names popularized by the Old Farmer's Almanac. Folklore is shared for fun, not as fact or fate.