The moon calendar
The moons of October 2026
New moon in Libra. Full moon in Taurus. Exact times below, in Central and UTC.
- Saturday, October 1010:50 am CentralOct 10, 15:50 UTC
New moon in Libra
The dark of the moon. A beginning that nobody can see yet.
Moon in Libra: partners and balance. Agreements, the other side of the table.
Source: Computed from the Moon–Sun elongation (astronomy-engine).
- Sunday, October 11
Thesmophoriadate approximate
A women's festival for Demeter and Persephone — sowing, descent, and return. Closed to men, and kept for centuries.
Held over three days of Pyanepsion in the Attic lunisolar calendar, so it moves against our months. Placed here in mid-October, where it usually fell.
Source: Parke, Festivals of the Athenians (1977), ch. 6; Burkert, Greek Religion (1985), pp. 242–246
- Sunday, October 2511:12 pm CentralOct 26, 04:12 UTC
Full moon in Taurus
Everything lit. What has been growing is visible now.
Moon in Taurus: slow and steady. Money, food, comfort, what lasts.
Source: Computed from the Moon–Sun elongation (astronomy-engine).
Computed with astronomy-engine, which follows the NASA JPL ephemerides. Times are Central (Daylight or Standard as the date falls) and UTC; a moon is one instant for the whole world, so only the clock changes with the zone.
How to use the month
Start after the new moon. Review at the full.
The week after the new moon is for beginning what you decided on at the dark of the moon. The full moon is when it shows, and the days after it are for looking honestly at how it went. The last week before the next new moon is for finishing and clearing. That is the whole method, and the app runs a planner on it for people who run businesses.
The sign each moon falls in colours it. The lines under each moon above say what that sign is like; the house wheel says which of your own houses it lands in, from your rising sign.
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