Full Moon September 2026 in Aries: the Harvest Moon
The full moon of September 2026 is exact on Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 16:49 UTC, with the Moon at 3°37' Aries and the Sun at 3°37' Libra. Your time:
Status as of November 2, 2026: 36 days ago.
What time is the September 2026 full moon?
At 16:49 UTC on September 26, 2026, which is Sat, Sep 26, 12:49 PM in New York and Sat, Sep 26, 09:49 AM in Los Angeles.
What sign is the September 2026 full moon in?
Aries: the Moon is at 3°37' Aries, opposite the Sun at 3°37' Libra.
What is the September 2026 full moon called?
The Harvest Moon, the full moon closest to the September equinox in the North American naming tradition.
Is the September 2026 full moon a supermoon?
No: the Moon is 379,423 km away, closer than the 384,400 km average but outside the 360,000 km supermoon line; it is number 6 of 2026’s 13 full moons by closeness.
Is the September 2026 full moon an eclipse?
No: the Moon passes 2.91° north of the ecliptic, too far from the Sun–Earth line for Earth’s shadow to reach it.
When is the next full moon after September 2026?
On October 26, 2026 at 04:12 UTC, in Taurus.
Computed details, September 26, 2026
| Exact time (UTC) | September 26, 2026, 16:49 UTC Your time: |
|---|---|
| Moon | ♈︎ 3°37' Aries |
| Sun | ♎︎ 3°37' Libra |
| Name | Harvest Moon The full moon closest to the September equinox. |
| Distance from Earth | 379,423 km (−4,977 km) |
| Apparent size | 31.5 arcminutes |
| Nearest perigee | October 1, 2026, 20:52 UTC · 369,324 km 5 d 4 h after |
| Distance from the ecliptic | 2.91° north |
| Closeness rank | 6 of 13 (2026) |
| Since the previous full moon | 29 d 13 h |
Local clock readings
| Place | Local time |
|---|---|
| Los Angeles | Sat, Sep 26, 09:49 AM |
| New York | Sat, Sep 26, 12:49 PM |
| London | Sat, Sep 26, 05:49 PM |
| India | Sat, Sep 26, 10:19 PM |
| Sydney | Sun, Sep 27, 02:49 AM |
What a full moon in Aries means
With the Moon in Aries and the Sun in Libra, this full moon lights the Aries–Libra axis: what started at the new moon in Virgo on September 11, 2026 comes to a head. Aries is a cardinal fire sign ruled by Mars; its keywords: pioneering, direct, brave.
Two and a half days of short fuses and quick starts. People act first and explain later, patience is thin, and anything that has been waiting for a push tends to get one. Good for beginning, bad for negotiating.
What it means for your sign: The house this lunation falls in for each of the 12 sun signs.
The instant is the same everywhere; only the clock reading changes. Distances are centre to centre. There is no official supermoon definition: here a supermoon is a full moon with the Moon within 360,000 km of Earth, a micromoon one beyond 405,000 km. Computed with astronomy-engine, tropical zodiac. Data: full-moon/2026.json (CC0 JSON).