Lunar/Seasonal Calendar for 2026
Lunar/Seasonal Calendar for 2026
Here are the highlights, followed by the full calendar. Reminders:
- Solstices, Full and New Moons last 3 days, but most calendars only list the astronomical or middle date.
- Cross-quarter days (Imbolc/etc) predate the Gregorian calendar by many centuries, so their original New and Moons are also listed.
- Also included are major Buddhist, Hindu, and Jewish lunar holy days.
Highlights
- Jan. 3 Sat: Triple fun. The middle day of the Full Moon phase is a very close lunar perigee aka supermoon, coincides with an earlier-than-usual perihelion (Earth’s closest approach to the Sun), and falls on a weekend.
- March 3 Tues: Early risers will see a Total Lunar Eclipse, the last one visible here for a couple years.
- March 20 Fri: Spring Equinox falls on a weekend and coincides with the last day of the New Moon phase.
- April 30–May 2 Thur–Sat: Full Moon / Lunar Beltane and falls mostly on a weekend.
- May 1 Fri: Triple fun. Beltane, and the Full Moon of Lunar Beltane and Wesak coincide and fall on a weekend.
- May 15–17 Fri–Sun: New Moon falls on a weekend.
- May 30–June 1 Sat–Mon: Full Moon falls mostly on a weekend.
- June 19-21 Fri–Sun: Summer Solstice falls on a weekend.
- Aug. 2 Sun: Lammas falls on a weekend.
- Aug. 29 Wed: Partial Lunar Eclipse visible in late evening.
- Sept. 25-27 Fri–Sun: Full Moon falls on a weekend.
- Oct 9–11 Fri–Sun: New Moon falls on a weekend.
- Oct 24–26 Sat–Mon: Full Moon falls mostly on a weekend.
- Nov. 24 Tue: Middle day of Full Moon phase is a very close lunar perigee aka supermoon.
- Dec 22 Tue: Last day of Winter Solstice coincides with the first day of the Full Moon phase.
Full Seasonal and Lunar Calendar
Jan. 2–4 Fri–Sun: Full Moon (lunar perigee/supermoon)
Jan 17-19 Fri–Sun: New Moon
Jan. 3–Feb 2 Sat–Mon: Full Moon
Feb 16-18 Mon–Wed: New Moon / Lunar Imbolc
Feb 17 Tues: Chinese New Year of the Fire Horse
March 2–4 Mon–Wed: Full Moon / Holi
March 3 Tue: Holi (Hindu)
March 3 Tue: Total Lunar Eclipse (visible in N TX)
March 18–20 Wed–Fri: New Moon
March 20 Fri: Spring Equinox
April 1–3 Wed–Fri: Full Moon
April 1 Wed: Passover (Jewish, beginning at sunset)
April 16–18 Thur–Sat: New Moon
April 30–May 2 Thur–Sat: Full Moon / Lunar Beltane
May 1 Fri: Wesak (Buddhist) / Beltane
May 15–17 Fri–Sun: New Moon
May 30–June 1 Sat–Mon: Full Moon
June 14–16 Sun–Tue: New Moon
June 19-21 Fri-Sun: Summer Solstice
June 28–20 Sun–Tue: Full Moon
July 13–15 Mon–Wed: New Moon
July 28–30 Tue–Thur: Full Moon / Lunar Lammas
Aug 2 Sun: Lammas
Aug 11–13 Tue–Thur: New Moon
Aug 28–30 Tue-Thur: Full Moon
Aug 29 Wed: Partial lunar eclipse (visible in N TX)
Sept 9–11 Wed–Fri: New Moon
Sept 11 Fri: Rosh Hashana (Jewish, beginning at sunset)
Sept 22 Tues: Autumn Equinox
Sept 25–27 Fri–Sun: Full Moon
Oct 9–11 Fri–Sun: New Moon
Oct 24–26 Sat–Mon: Full Moon
Oct 31 Sat: Samhain
Nov 1-2 Sun–Mon: Day of the Dead / All Saints Day (Catholic/Mesoamerican)
Nov 8–10 Sun–Tue: New Moon / Lunar Samhain
Nov 9 Mon: Diwali (Hindu)
Nov 23–25 Mon–Wed: Full Moon (lunar perigee/supermoon)
Dec 7–9 Mon–Wed: New Moon
Dec 20–22 Sun-Tue: Winter Solstice
Dec 22–24 Tue-Thur: Full Moon
Art: A traveller peers through an opening in the firmament in this illustration from Camille Flammarion’s L’atmosphère : météorologie populaire, via Wikicommons.