The Moon takes about twenty nine and a half days to go from new to full and back again. Below is where it is right now, when the next full moon arrives, and a calendar of every full moon coming up with its traditional name. Everything on this page is computed live from the real lunar cycle.
Upcoming full moons
What the moon phases mean
A new moon is dark, lined up between the Earth and the Sun. Over the following two weeks it waxes, growing from a thin crescent through first quarter to the full moon, when the Earth sits between the Sun and the Moon and the whole face is lit. Then it wanes back down through last quarter to new again. The percentage above is how much of the Moon's face is currently sunlit.
Why full moons have names
The traditional names, Wolf Moon in January, Snow Moon in February, Harvest Moon near the autumn equinox, come down from farming and Indigenous calendars that tracked the year by the Moon. Each full moon in the list above is tagged with the name tied to its month.
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