Moon Phases 2027: Full Moon Calendar
There are 12 full moons in 2027 and no blue moon. The first is the Wolf Moon on Friday, January 22 at 7:17 AM EST and the last is the Cold Moon on Monday, December 13.
Updated · By the YearlyCalendar.org team
- New Moon
- First Quarter
- Full Moon
- Last Quarter
2027 Moon Phase Calendar (US Eastern Time)
| Su | Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa |
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| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7🌑 | 8 | 9 |
| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15🌓 | 16 |
| 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22🌕 | 23 |
| 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29🌗 | 30 |
| 31 |
| Su | Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6🌑 | |
| 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 14🌓 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20🌕 |
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| 28🌗 |
| Su | Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 7 | 8🌑 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 14 | 15🌓 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| 21 | 22🌕 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| 28 | 29🌗 | 30 | 31 |
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| 4 | 5 | 6🌑 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 11 | 12 | 13🌓 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| 18 | 19 | 20🌕 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| 25 | 26 | 27 | 28🌗 | 29 | 30 |
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| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6🌑 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13🌓 | 14 | 15 |
| 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20🌕 | 21 | 22 |
| 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28🌗 | 29 |
| 30 | 31 |
| Su | Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4🌑 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11🌓 | 12 |
| 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18🌕 | 19 |
| 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| 27🌗 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
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| 1 | 2 | 3🌑 | ||||
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10🌓 |
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| 18🌕 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| 25 | 26🌗 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
| Su | Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa |
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| 1 | 2🌑 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | 9🌓 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| 15 | 16 | 17🌕 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
| 22 | 23 | 24🌗 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
| 29 | 30 | 31🌑 |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 5 | 6 | 7🌓 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| 12 | 13 | 14 | 15🌕 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23🌗 | 24 | 25 |
| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29🌑 | 30 |
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| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7🌓 | 8 | 9 |
| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15🌕 | 16 |
| 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22🌗 | 23 |
| 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29🌑 | 30 |
| 31 |
| Su | Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6🌓 | |
| 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13🌕 |
| 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20🌗 |
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27🌑 |
| 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Su | Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 5 | 6🌓 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| 12 | 13🌕 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| 19 | 20🌗 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
| 26 | 27🌑 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
Full moon calendar 2027
Every full moon of 2027 with its traditional name; the names are explained below.
| Date | Day | Time (ET) | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday | 7:17 AM EST | Wolf Moon | — | |
| Saturday | 6:23 PM EST | Snow Moon | — | |
| Monday | 6:44 AM EDT | Worm Moon | — | |
| Tuesday | 6:27 PM EDT | Pink Moon | — | |
| Thursday | 6:59 AM EDT | Flower Moon | Seasonal blue moon third of four full moons in spring | |
| Friday | 8:44 PM EDT | Strawberry Moon | — | |
| Sunday | 11:45 AM EDT | Buck Moon | — | |
| Tuesday | 3:29 AM EDT | Sturgeon Moon | — | |
| Wednesday | 7:04 PM EDT | Harvest Moon | Closest full moon to the Sep 23 equinox | |
| Friday | 9:47 AM EDT | Hunter's Moon | First full moon after the Harvest Moon | |
| Saturday | 10:26 PM EST | Beaver Moon | — | |
| Monday | 11:09 AM EST | Cold Moon | — |
New moons in 2027
At new moon the Moon sits between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen; the nights around it are the darkest of the month for stargazing.
| Date | Day | Time (ET) |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday | 3:24 PM EST | |
| Saturday | 10:56 AM EST | |
| Monday | 4:29 AM EST | |
| Tuesday | 7:51 PM EDT | |
| Thursday | 6:58 AM EDT | |
| Friday | 3:40 PM EDT | |
| Saturday | 11:02 PM EDT | |
| Monday | 6:05 AM EDT | |
| Tuesday | 1:41 PM EDT | |
| Wednesday | 10:36 PM EDT | |
| Friday | 9:36 AM EDT | |
| Saturday | 10:24 PM EST | |
| Monday | 3:12 PM EST |
All moon phases of 2027 by month
New moon, first quarter, full moon and last quarter for each month, in Eastern Time. Some months have two of the same phase.
| Month | New Moon | First Quarter | Full Moon | Last Quarter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | Jan 7, 3:24 PM | Jan 15, 3:34 PM | Jan 22, 7:17 AM | Jan 29, 5:55 AM |
| February | Feb 6, 10:56 AM | Feb 14, 2:58 AM | Feb 20, 6:23 PM | Feb 28, 12:16 AM |
| March | Mar 8, 4:29 AM | Mar 15, 12:25 PM | Mar 22, 6:44 AM | Mar 29, 8:54 PM |
| April | Apr 6, 7:51 PM | Apr 13, 6:57 PM | Apr 20, 6:27 PM | Apr 28, 4:18 PM |
| May | May 6, 6:58 AM | May 13, 12:44 AM | May 20, 6:59 AM | May 28, 9:58 AM |
| June | Jun 4, 3:40 PM | Jun 11, 6:56 AM | Jun 18, 8:44 PM | Jun 27, 12:54 AM |
| July | Jul 3, 11:02 PM | Jul 10, 2:39 PM | Jul 18, 11:45 AM | Jul 26, 12:55 PM |
| August | Aug 2, 6:05 AM Aug 31, 1:41 PM | Aug 9, 12:54 AM | Aug 17, 3:29 AM | Aug 24, 10:27 PM |
| September | Sep 29, 10:36 PM | Sep 7, 2:31 PM | Sep 15, 7:04 PM | Sep 23, 6:20 AM |
| October | Oct 29, 9:36 AM | Oct 7, 7:47 AM | Oct 15, 9:47 AM | Oct 22, 1:29 PM |
| November | Nov 27, 10:24 PM | Nov 6, 4:00 AM | Nov 13, 10:26 PM | Nov 20, 7:48 PM |
| December | Dec 27, 3:12 PM | Dec 6, 12:22 AM | Dec 13, 11:09 AM | Dec 20, 4:11 AM |
Monthly calendars for 2027:
Eclipses in 2027
2027 has 2 solar and 3 lunar eclipses. Solar eclipses happen only at new moon and lunar eclipses only at full moon. A lunar eclipse can be seen from anywhere the Moon is above the horizon; a total or annular solar eclipse only from a narrow path, with a partial eclipse around it. A penumbral lunar eclipse only slightly dims the Moon and is easy to miss.
| Date (ET) | Eclipse | Greatest eclipse | Visible from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annular solar eclipse | 11:00 AM EST (16:00 UTC) | South America, Antarctica, western and southern Africa; annular in Chile, Argentina and the Atlantic | |
| Penumbral lunar eclipse (Snow Moon) | 6:13 PM EST (23:13 UTC) | Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia | |
| Penumbral lunar eclipse (Buck Moon) | 12:03 PM EDT (16:03 UTC) | East Africa, Asia, Australia, Pacific | |
| Total solar eclipse | 6:07 AM EDT (10:07 UTC) | Africa, Europe, Middle East, western and southern Asia; total in Morocco, Spain, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Somalia | |
| Penumbral lunar eclipse (Sturgeon Moon) | 3:14 AM EDT (07:14 UTC) | Pacific, Americas |
Eclipse predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA GSFC. Times are the moment of greatest eclipse.
Time zones: full moons in Pacific Time and UTC
All times on this page are US Eastern Time (EST in winter, EDT from the second Sunday of March to the first Sunday of November). A moon phase happens at the same instant everywhere on Earth, but the clock time and sometimes the date depend on your time zone: a phase shortly before midnight Eastern is already the next day in UTC and in Europe, and one shortly after midnight is still the previous evening on the US West Coast. Blue moons depend on the time zone for the same reason.
In 2027, these 2 full moons fall on a different date in UTC than in Eastern Time: Strawberry Moon (Jun 18 ET, Jun 19 UTC); Beaver Moon (Nov 13 ET, Nov 14 UTC).
| Full moon | Pacific Time (PT) | UTC |
|---|---|---|
| Wolf Moon | Jan 22, 4:17 AM PST | |
| Snow Moon | Feb 20, 3:23 PM PST | |
| Worm Moon | Mar 22, 3:44 AM PDT | |
| Pink Moon | Apr 20, 3:27 PM PDT | |
| Flower Moon | May 20, 3:59 AM PDT | |
| Strawberry Moon | Jun 18, 5:44 PM PDT | |
| Buck Moon | Jul 18, 8:45 AM PDT | |
| Sturgeon Moon | Aug 17, 12:29 AM PDT | |
| Harvest Moon | Sep 15, 4:04 PM PDT | |
| Hunter's Moon | Oct 15, 6:47 AM PDT | |
| Beaver Moon | Nov 13, 7:26 PM PST | |
| Cold Moon | Dec 13, 8:09 AM PST |
Full moon names explained
The full moon names used here are folk names from North America. The Old Farmer's Almanac, which popularized them, traces them to Native American (largely Algonquian), colonial American and European traditions; different Native American nations used different names. Each name is tied to the calendar month in which the full moon falls, except for three special cases:
- Harvest Moon is the full moon closest to the September equinox. It usually falls in September; when it falls in October, the September full moon is called the Corn Moon.
- Hunter's Moon is the full moon after the Harvest Moon.
- Blue moon here means the second full moon in one calendar month. An older rule from the Maine Farmers' Almanac calls the third full moon of an astronomical season that has four a blue moon (a seasonal blue moon); the calendar-month meaning spread after a 1946 Sky & Telescope article.
What the names of the 2027 full moons mean:
- Wolf Moon: Wolves were heard howling more often in midwinter.
- Snow Moon: February is often the snowiest month in North America.
- Worm Moon: Earthworms reappear as the soil thaws and warms.
- Pink Moon: Moss pink (creeping phlox), an early spring wildflower, comes into bloom.
- Flower Moon: Flowers bloom in abundance.
- Strawberry Moon: Wild strawberries ripen and are ready to gather.
- Buck Moon: The antlers of male deer (bucks) are in full growth.
- Sturgeon Moon: Lake sturgeon were most easily caught in late summer.
- Harvest Moon: The full moon closest to the September equinox; around it the Moon rises soon after sunset for several evenings in a row, extending light for harvest work.
- Hunter's Moon: Game animals have fattened for winter, the season for hunting and storing food.
- Beaver Moon: Beavers finish their winter preparations and retreat into their lodges.
- Cold Moon: Winter cold sets in and nights are at their longest.
Frequently asked questions
Why does 2027 have 12 full moons?
A lunar cycle averages 29.53 days, so 12 cycles take about 354 days, 11 days less than a calendar year. A year gets a 13th full moon only when its first full moon falls within about the first 11 days of January. In 2027 the first full moon comes later than that.
How many days are there between full moons in 2027?
The average is 29.53 days, but the gap varies because the Moon's orbit is elliptical. In 2027 the shortest gap between two full moons is 29 days 11 hours (Wolf Moon to Snow Moon) and the longest 29 days 15 hours (Buck Moon to Sturgeon Moon).
When is the next blue moon after 2027?
The next blue moon in the calendar-month sense after 2027 is on Sunday, December 31, 2028. The next seasonal blue moon is on Thursday, August 23, 2029.