Full moon months
Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
A repeated month signals a monthly Blue Moon candidate; otherwise the full moons distribute one per named month.
Lunar calendar
2024 lunar calendar
All 12 full moons and 13 new moons of 2024, with traditional names, UTC times, supermoon highlights, and eclipses.
Last updated Nov 5, 2026. Moon-year tables are generated from the local lunar-phase model and displayed in UTC. Local calendar dates can differ by timezone, especially for phases near midnight UTC.
2024 at a glance
Full moons
12
New moons
13
Supermoons
0
Eclipses
0
2024 lunar pattern
This year resolves to 12 full moons, 13 new moons. The month distribution and gap checks below help distinguish this page from a generic phase table: they show where the calendar feels dense, where phases are spaced farther apart, and when eclipse-season pages are relevant.
New moon months
Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
New moons are the practical anchors for lunar-month starts, religious calendars, and dark-sky planning.
Longest full-moon gap
30 days
From Jan 26, 2024 to Feb 24, 2024 in UTC.
Shortest full-moon gap
30 days
From Jan 26, 2024 to Feb 24, 2024 in UTC.
New-moon spacing check
30-30 days
The range is a quick sanity check for the mean synodic model used to generate the table.
Eclipse-season links
No listed eclipse pages
Eclipses only happen near new or full moons when the Moon is close to its orbital nodes.
All full moons in 2024
| Date (UTC) | Time | Name | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 2024 | 02:38 UTC | Wolf Moon | January's full moon — named for wolves howling in the cold of midwinter. |
| Feb 24, 2024 | 15:22 UTC | Snow Moon | February's full moon — named for the deepest snowfalls of the season. |
| Mar 25, 2024 | 04:06 UTC | Worm Moon | March's full moon — named for earthworms emerging as the soil thaws. |
| Apr 23, 2024 | 16:50 UTC | Pink Moon | April's full moon — named for early pink wildflowers (moss phlox), not a pink colour. |
| May 23, 2024 | 05:34 UTC | Flower Moon | May's full moon — named for the abundance of spring blossoms. |
| Jun 21, 2024 | 18:18 UTC | Strawberry Moon | June's full moon — named for the short strawberry-harvest season. |
| Jul 21, 2024 | 07:02 UTC | Buck Moon | July's full moon — named for new antlers growing on male deer. |
| Aug 19, 2024 | 19:46 UTC | Sturgeon Moon | August's full moon — named for the Great Lakes sturgeon catch. |
| Sep 18, 2024 | 08:30 UTC | Corn Moon | September's full moon — named for the corn harvest (called Harvest Moon when nearest the autumnal equinox). |
| Oct 17, 2024 | 21:14 UTC | Hunter's Moon | October's full moon — named for the season of hunting after the harvest. |
| Nov 16, 2024 | 09:58 UTC | Beaver Moon | November's full moon — named for beaver-trapping season before the freeze. |
| Dec 15, 2024 | 22:42 UTC | Cold Moon | December's full moon — named for the long, cold midwinter nights. |
All new moons in 2024
| Date (UTC) | Time |
|---|---|
| Jan 11, 2024 | 08:16 UTC |
| Feb 9, 2024 | 21:00 UTC |
| Mar 10, 2024 | 09:44 UTC |
| Apr 8, 2024 | 22:28 UTC |
| May 8, 2024 | 11:12 UTC |
| Jun 6, 2024 | 23:56 UTC |
| Jul 6, 2024 | 12:40 UTC |
| Aug 5, 2024 | 01:24 UTC |
| Sep 3, 2024 | 14:08 UTC |
| Oct 3, 2024 | 02:52 UTC |
| Nov 1, 2024 | 15:36 UTC |
| Dec 1, 2024 | 04:20 UTC |
| Dec 30, 2024 | 17:04 UTC |
Supermoons in 2024
No full moons in 2024 qualify as supermoons under our heuristic (within ~10% of perigee). Supermoons cluster in 3-4 consecutive lunations every year as the synodic and anomalistic cycles drift in and out of phase, so dry years are uncommon but possible.
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Frequently asked questions
- How many full moons happen in a year?
- Most years have 12 full moons, one per calendar month. Roughly every 2 to 3 years, a 13th full moon squeezes in — the second full moon in a single calendar month is called a Blue Moon. This happens because 12 synodic lunar months total 354 days, leaving 11 days a year unaccounted for; those days accumulate until an extra cycle fits.
- What is a supermoon and how often does one happen?
- A supermoon is a full moon near perigee — the closest point of the moon's elliptical orbit. Definitions vary, but a common rule (within ~10% of the closest perigee) yields 3 to 4 supermoons per year, usually in 3 to 4 consecutive months as the synodic and anomalistic cycles drift in and out of phase. Supermoons appear about 7% larger and 15% brighter than an average full moon.
- Are these times in my local timezone?
- All times on this page are UTC. Your local date may shift one day earlier or later depending on your timezone — a full moon at 23:00 UTC falls on the 'next day' for everyone east of GMT and the 'same day' for the Americas. To convert, subtract or add your offset from UTC.
- How accurate are these dates?
- We use a simplified Conway/Meeus mean-synodic algorithm, accurate to within 2-6 hours of the true new and full moon instants. For calendar dates this is essentially always exact — the rare cases where the true and approximate times straddle midnight UTC are flagged in our internal validation. For sub-minute precision, NASA/JPL's DE-440 ephemeris is the gold standard.
- What's a Blue Moon?
- Two definitions coexist. The popular 'monthly' Blue Moon is a second full moon in the same calendar month — a calendar artefact, not an astronomical phenomenon. The older 'seasonal' Blue Moon is the third full moon in a season containing four full moons. Despite the name, neither is actually blue.