Full Moon Dates & Names

What Each Entry Covers

Each entry below links to a dedicated page for that specific full moon — not a generic template with the date swapped in, but real, occurrence-specific content: the precise date and time (computed, not estimated), which of the twelve traditional Algonquin-attributed names it carries (or whether it's this year's Harvest Moon, which overrides the usual September or October name), the zodiac sign it falls in, and — since the same traditional name recurs on a genuinely different date and in a different sign each year — a fresh, occurrence-specific angle on what's notable about that particular month's moon rather than a repeated summary of the name's folklore alone.

Calendar months and the roughly 29.53-day synodic month don't line up neatly, which is why most months carry exactly one full moon while a few, when the timing falls early enough, fit two before the page turns. This site flags that second occurrence directly on the relevant month's entry below as a Blue Moon, using the modern calendar-month rule — a computable fact, not folklore.

Repeated Names, and the Harvest Moon Override

If you want the deeper history behind a specific traditional name — where it comes from, which regional traditions diverge, and what's genuinely disputed in the historical record — our moon-names section covers all thirteen names in full. For a whole month's lunar calendar rather than just its full moon, see our monthly calendar section.

Notice that some names repeat across this list — the same traditional name, like Buck Moon or Sturgeon Moon, can show up in two different years within this 18-month window, since the window spans more than a single calendar year. When that happens, each occurrence still gets its own dedicated page with genuinely different content: a different exact date and time, a different zodiac sign, and a different angle on that specific occurrence's seasonal context (proximity to a meteor shower, a solstice or equinox, or a notable calendar coincidence) — never a copy-pasted page with only the year swapped.

Zodiac Signs and Supermoons

Each full moon's zodiac sign is computed the same way this site's tools compute today's live position — from the Moon's true geocentric ecliptic longitude at the exact moment of that full moon, using the same precision professional astrology software relies on. For readers who want to go deeper into what a given zodiac sign is traditionally said to represent, our sister site GetMyHoro covers full sign-personality content; this site's own focus stays on the Moon's real astronomical position and the honest folklore layered on top of it.

A handful of full moons on this list also carry a real, documented equinox connection worth knowing about before you click through: whichever month's full moon falls closest to the September equinox claims the Harvest Moon name, displacing that month's usual name entirely. That override isn't decided in advance — it depends on the exact lunar cycle timing each specific year, which is exactly why this list is computed fresh rather than assuming September always gets the Harvest Moon name.

For background on supermoons specifically — a full moon coinciding closely with perigee, the Moon's closest approach to Earth in its elliptical orbit, a real, measurable distance effect distinct from the separate Moon illusion that makes any full moon look larger near the horizon regardless of its actual distance — see our dedicated supermoon guide in the Skywatching Guides hub.