The lunar almanac
The Moon, in your sky.
Astrologers mark the new and full Moon as points in a cycle. This calendar gives their exact phase times from October to December 2026, then places them on your local clock. It does not assign a sign or a personal meaning to an event.
Learn the shapes
One Moon. Eight familiar faces.
New moon
The lit face points away from Earth. The dark disc in this illustration helps you recognise the phase; a new Moon is usually invisible.
Waxing crescent
A thin curve of light appears. Waxing means the visible lit portion is growing.
First quarter
Half the visible disc is lit. The name marks the first quarter of the cycle, not a quarter-lit face.
Waxing gibbous
More than half the disc is lit, and the bright portion is still growing toward full.
Full moon
The visible face is almost entirely lit. The exact full-phase instant happens when the Moon is opposite the Sun in ecliptic longitude.
Waning gibbous
More than half remains lit, but the visible bright portion is shrinking.
Last quarter
Half the visible disc is lit again, on the opposite side from first quarter. It is also called third quarter.
Waning crescent
A narrow arc remains as the bright portion shrinks toward the next new Moon.
Illustrated surface, not a lunar map. Hemisphere views are schematic: the Moon’s tilt also changes with place and time. Crescent and gibbous shapes show stages between the four dated phases below. NASA’s phase guide ↗
October 2026 · UTC
October last quarter
The Moon reaches its last-quarter phase.
October new moon
A new lunar cycle begins at one shared instant.
October first quarter
The Moon reaches its first-quarter phase.
October full moon
A full moon that falls on different calendar dates around the world.
November 2026 · UTC
November last quarter
The Moon reaches its last-quarter phase.
November new moon
The Moon and Sun align in the phase cycle.
November first quarter
The Moon reaches its first-quarter phase.
November full moon
The November full moon at its exact phase instant.
December 2026 · UTC
December last quarter
The Moon reaches its last-quarter phase.
December new moon
The December new moon at its exact phase instant.
December first quarter
The Moon reaches its first-quarter phase.
December full moon
The December full moon at its exact phase instant.
December last quarter
The final primary Moon phase of 2026.
This is a curated late-2026 reference, not an automatically updated forever calendar. An event page is provided only where we have an explanation worth reading. We will expand the collection after editorial and data review.
Data and checking
- U.S. Naval Observatory, dates of primary Moon phases, 2026
- NASA GSFC archived Sky Events Calendar, 2026, used to cross-check featured events