Moon phases 2027
2027 has 12 full Moons and 13 new Moons. The first full Moon is on 23 January 2027 and the last is on 14 December 2027. All dates and times on this page are for Auckland.
Full Moons in 2027
| Date | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 23 January | 1:18 am | Supermoon |
| Sunday, 21 February | 12:24 pm | Supermoon, Penumbral lunar eclipse |
| Monday, 22 March | 11:44 pm | – |
| Wednesday, 21 April | 10:28 am | – |
| Thursday, 20 May | 11:00 pm | – |
| Saturday, 19 June | 12:45 pm | – |
| Monday, 19 July | 3:46 am | Penumbral lunar eclipse |
| Tuesday, 17 August | 7:29 pm | Penumbral lunar eclipse |
| Thursday, 16 September | 11:04 am | Harvest Moon |
| Saturday, 16 October | 2:48 am | Hunter's Moon |
| Sunday, 14 November | 4:26 pm | – |
| Tuesday, 14 December | 5:09 am | – |
All moon phases in 2027
| New Moon | First quarter Moon | Full Moon | Last quarter Moon |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Jan, 9:25 am | 16 Jan, 9:35 am | 23 Jan, 1:18 am | 29 Jan, 11:56 pm |
| 7 Feb, 4:57 am | 14 Feb, 8:59 pm | 21 Feb, 12:24 pm | 28 Feb, 6:17 pm |
| 8 Mar, 10:30 pm | 16 Mar, 5:26 am | 22 Mar, 11:44 pm | 30 Mar, 1:55 pm |
| 7 Apr, 11:52 am | 14 Apr, 10:57 am | 21 Apr, 10:28 am | 29 Apr, 8:19 am |
| 6 May, 10:59 pm | 13 May, 4:44 pm | 20 May, 11:00 pm | 29 May, 1:59 am |
| 5 Jun, 7:41 am | 11 Jun, 10:57 pm | 19 Jun, 12:45 pm | 27 Jun, 4:55 pm |
| 4 Jul, 3:03 pm | 11 Jul, 6:40 am | 19 Jul, 3:46 am | 27 Jul, 4:55 am |
| 2 Aug, 10:06 pm | 9 Aug, 4:55 pm | 17 Aug, 7:29 pm | 25 Aug, 2:28 pm |
| 1 Sept, 5:42 am | 8 Sept, 6:32 am | 16 Sept, 11:04 am | 23 Sept, 10:21 pm |
| 30 Sept, 3:37 pm | 8 Oct, 12:48 am | 16 Oct, 2:48 am | 23 Oct, 6:30 am |
| 30 Oct, 2:37 am | 6 Nov, 9:01 pm | 14 Nov, 4:26 pm | 21 Nov, 1:49 pm |
| 28 Nov, 4:25 pm | 6 Dec, 6:23 pm | 14 Dec, 5:09 am | 20 Dec, 10:11 pm |
| 28 Dec, 9:13 am | – | – | – |
Special moons in 2027
Lunar eclipses
| Date | Eclipse | Peak | Moon up in Auckland at the peak |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, 21 February | Penumbral | 12:13 pm | No |
| Monday, 19 July | Penumbral | 4:03 am | Yes |
| Tuesday, 17 August | Penumbral | 7:14 pm | Yes |
Supermoons
There's no official definition of a supermoon. We use the most common one: a full Moon that comes within 90% of the Moon's closest approach to Earth in its orbit.
| Date | Time | Distance from Earth |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 23 January | 1:18 am | 357,635 km |
| Sunday, 21 February | 12:24 pm | 363,296 km |
Blue Moon, Harvest Moon and Hunter's Moon
- Blue Moon
- None
- Harvest Moon
- 16 September 2027
- Hunter's Moon
- 16 October 2027
- September equinox
- 23 September 2027 at 6:01 pm
Moon calendar 2027
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
29 | 30 | 31 |
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | |||||
3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
31 |
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
28 | 29 | 30 |
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ||||||
2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
30 | 31 |
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
29 | 30 |
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
Add the Moon of your night to a star map
A star map shows the sky over your place on your date, with the Moon in its phase when it was above the horizon. We've set this one to the closest full Moon of 2027, over Auckland on 23 January 2027. Change it to your own night, and we'll print it on museum-grade paper.
More about the sky
Moon phases 2027: questions
There are 12 full Moons in 2027. The first is on 23 January 2027 and the last is on 14 December 2027.
No. No calendar month of 2027 has two full Moons in Auckland time. A Blue Moon is the second full Moon in one calendar month.
There are 2 supermoons in 2027: 23 January 2027 and 21 February 2027. The closest full Moon of the year is on 23 January 2027, 357,635 km from Earth.
Yes, 3: a penumbral eclipse on 21 February 2027, a penumbral eclipse on 19 July 2027 and a penumbral eclipse on 17 August 2027.
The Harvest Moon is on 16 September 2027. It's the full Moon closest to the September equinox, which is on 23 September 2027. The Hunter's Moon, the full Moon after it, is on 16 October 2027.
The dates and times are for Auckland. Each phase happens at the same moment all over the world, so in another time zone the time, and sometimes the date, is different.