Right now · Sagittarius
Moon Phases & Lunar Calendar
Waxing Crescent · 5% illuminated
Tonight the Moon is a waxing crescent, 5% lit, in Sagittarius. The next full moon — the Beaver Moon — falls 24 November 2026, 14 days from now. Every date on this site is computed from the ephemeris, not copied from a table.
Right now
Tonight's moon phase
Waxing Crescent, 5% illuminated, in Sagittarius.
In 14 days
The next full moon
Beaver Moon · 24 November 2026 in Gemini.
In 28 days
The next new moon
9 December 2026 in Sagittarius — the intention point of the cycle.
Full year
Moon calendar 2026
All 13 full moons and 12 new moons with exact times.
Every full moon, year by year
Each month has its own page with the exact time, the traditional name, the zodiac sign and what that sign asks of you.
The traditional full moon names
Each month's full moon carries a name inherited from Algonquian, Anglo-Saxon and colonial almanac tradition. They are labels laid over one recurring physical event, not competing claims about it.
- Wolf Moon · January
- Snow Moon · February
- Worm Moon · March
- Pink Moon · April
- Flower Moon · May
- Strawberry Moon · June
- Buck Moon · July
- Sturgeon Moon · August
- Harvest Moon · September
- Hunter's Moon · October
- Beaver Moon · November
- Cold Moon · December
How the cycle works
The Moon takes about 29.5 days to return to the same phase — the synodic month. It runs new, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full, waning gibbous, last quarter, waning crescent, and begins again. The four named instants are single moments; the phases between them are stretches of several days.
Because 29.5 days is shorter than most calendar months, the dates drift earlier each month, and every two to three years a single month catches two full moons — the second being a Blue Moon. The same mismatch is why some Februaries hold no full moon at all.
The Moon in Sagittarius today echoes the Lyran tone. If lunar cycles are how you track yourself, the resonance journey is the next step, and the cosmic calendar adds eclipses, meteor showers and the numerology portals.
Common questions
- What moon phase is it right now?
- A waxing crescent, 5% illuminated, in Sagittarius.
- When is the next full moon?
- 24 November 2026 — the Beaver Moon, 14 days away.
- How many moon phases are there?
- Eight, in a cycle of about 29.5 days: new, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full, waning gibbous, last quarter, waning crescent. The four named instants — new, first quarter, full, last quarter — are single moments; the four in between are the stretches between them.