There are twelve full moons in 2027, one in every month, and three of them are lunar eclipses. Below is every date with its exact time in UTC, the sign the moon is in, the old name that almanacs give it in the northern hemisphere, and one card from the major arcana to sit with that month if you like to mark the full moon with a short reading.
All times are in UTC, so check your own time zone before you plan anything for the exact minute. In London add nothing in winter and one hour in summer, in central Europe add one hour in winter and two in summer, and in New York take off five hours in winter and four in summer. A full moon looks full for a night or so either side, so the date matters more than the minute.
Full moon dates 2027 at a glance
| Date | Time (UTC) | Sign | Name | Card |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday 22 January | 12:17 | Leo | Wolf Moon | Strength |
| Saturday 20 February | 23:23 | Virgo | Snow Moon, penumbral eclipse | The Hermit |
| Monday 22 March | 10:43 | Libra | Worm Moon | Justice |
| Tuesday 20 April | 22:27 | Scorpio | Pink Moon | Death |
| Thursday 20 May | 10:58 | Scorpio | Flower Moon, seasonal blue moon | The Empress |
| Saturday 19 June | 00:44 | Sagittarius | Strawberry Moon | Temperance |
| Sunday 18 July | 15:44 | Capricorn | Buck Moon, penumbral eclipse | The Devil |
| Tuesday 17 August | 07:28 | Aquarius | Sturgeon Moon, penumbral eclipse | The Star |
| Wednesday 15 September | 23:03 | Pisces | Harvest Moon | The Moon |
| Friday 15 October | 13:47 | Aries | Hunter’s Moon | The Emperor |
| Sunday 14 November | 03:25 | Taurus | Beaver Moon | The Hierophant |
| Monday 13 December | 16:08 | Gemini | Cold Moon | The Lovers |
The card for each month follows the classic pairing of zodiac signs with major arcana cards, so a full moon in Leo gets Strength and a full moon in Pisces gets the Moon. April and May both fall in Scorpio this year, so May gets the Empress instead, for the Flower Moon.
Month by month
January
The Wolf Moon in Leo, with Strength. A good full moon for asking where you have been brave this winter without anyone noticing, and giving yourself the credit.
February
The Snow Moon in Virgo is also a penumbral lunar eclipse, a faint dimming most people will not see. Its card is the Hermit: one quiet evening, one honest question, one lamp.
March
The Worm Moon in Libra, two days after the spring equinox, with Justice. Day and night are nearly equal; ask what in your life is out of balance and what one adjustment would help.
April
The Pink Moon in Scorpio, with Death, which in the tarot means an ending that makes room. Spring is a good season for this card: what has finished, and what is coming up through it.
May
The Flower Moon falls in the last degree of Scorpio, and it is a seasonal blue moon, the third of four full moons between the March equinox and the June solstice. We give it the Empress, the card of things in full flower.
June
The Strawberry Moon in Sagittarius, with Temperance, two days before the summer solstice. A month for mixing two parts of your life that have been kept apart, slowly and in the right amounts.
July
The Buck Moon in Capricorn is the second penumbral eclipse of the year. Its card is the Devil, which asks without judgement what has a hold on you, and whether the chain is as tight as it looks.
August
The Sturgeon Moon in Aquarius is the third penumbral eclipse, two weeks after the total solar eclipse of 2 August. The Star belongs here: recovery, open sky, and pouring something back.
September
The Harvest Moon in Pisces, the full moon closest to the autumn equinox, with the Moon card. Dreams, intuition and the things you half know. Write them down before they sound sensible.
October
The Hunter’s Moon in Aries, with the Emperor. As the evenings close in, a full moon for structure: the routine, boundary or plan that will carry you through winter.
November
The Beaver Moon in Taurus, with the Hierophant. A month for the traditions you keep on purpose and the ones you have outgrown, and for asking whose rules you are still following.
December
The Cold Moon in Gemini, with the Lovers, nine days before the winter solstice. End the year with a choice made from your values, and with the people you would choose again.
The eclipses of 2027
Three of the full moons are penumbral lunar eclipses, on 20 February, 18 July and 17 August. In a penumbral eclipse the moon passes through the pale outer edge of the Earth’s shadow, and the dimming is subtle; many people will not notice it unless they are told. There are also two solar eclipses at new moon: an annular eclipse on 6 February, seen as a ring of light along a narrow path across South America, the Atlantic and West Africa, and a total solar eclipse on 2 August, whose path crosses southern Spain, North Africa and Egypt, with more than six minutes of totality near Luxor. Never look at the sun directly, even when most of it is covered.
A ten minute full moon reading
On the night of the full moon, put that month’s card on the table, shuffle the rest of the deck and draw one more card. Ask two things: what has come to fullness this month, and what is ready to be let go as the moon wanes. Write both cards down with the date. Twelve months of that and you have a small book about your year. If you want to know where the moon is on any other night, the moon phase today will tell you.
Every date on this page, together with the other moon phases, eclipses and retrogrades of 2027, is also available as a machine readable 2027 sky file.
Questions people ask
Is there a blue moon in 2027?
There is no second full moon in any calendar month of 2027, so there is no blue moon in the popular sense. By the older seasonal definition, the third of four full moons in one season, the full moon of Thursday 20 May is a blue moon.
Why do some calendars show different dates?
Usually because of time zones. The full moon of 19 June happens at 00:44 UTC, which is still the evening of 18 June in the Americas, and the full moon of 15 September, at 23:03 UTC, is already 16 September in Asia and Australia. Calendars made for one country show the local date.
Do the full moon names apply everywhere?
The names in the table come from North American and European almanac tradition and follow the northern hemisphere’s seasons. In the southern hemisphere the seasons are reversed, so many people there use names of their own, or none at all.
