Lunar Calendar October 2026: Every Moon Phase, Exact Time and the Hunter's Moon in Taurus

The lunar calendar for October 2026 holds four exact phases, a Hunter's Moon in Taurus and no eclipses at all. It also holds the last Mercury retrograde of the year, which starts two days before the full moon.

September gave you a clean month. October gives you a full one. The new moon on 10 October sits in Libra, the full moon on 26 October sits in Taurus, and the stretch between them is the only genuinely uninterrupted building window left in 2026.

Every time below is the exact moment of the phase, given first in UTC and then in the zones you write to me from.

Lunar Calendar October 2026: Every Phase and Its Exact Time

Last quarter, Saturday 3 October. 13:24 UTC. That is 07:24 in Mexico City, 08:24 in Bogota, 10:24 in Buenos Aires, 15:24 in Madrid and 21:24 in Bali. The moon is at 10 degrees of Cancer. This is the release point of the lunation that began in September, and it asks one question: what did you agree to at the equinox that you would not agree to now.

New moon, Saturday 10 October. 15:50 UTC. That is 09:50 in Mexico City, 10:50 in Bogota, 12:50 in Buenos Aires, 17:50 in Madrid and 23:50 in Bali. Sun and moon together at 17 degrees of Libra.

First quarter, Sunday 18 October. 16:12 UTC. That is 10:12 in Mexico City, 11:12 in Bogota, 13:12 in Buenos Aires, 18:12 in Madrid and 00:12 on Monday 19 in Bali. The moon is at 25 degrees of Capricorn, which is where the month stops being an idea and starts being work.

Full moon, Monday 26 October. 04:11 UTC. Worth reading carefully, because this one splits the date. It is 22:11 on Sunday 25 in Mexico City, 23:11 on Sunday 25 in Bogota, 01:11 on Monday 26 in Buenos Aires, 05:11 in Madrid and 12:11 in Bali. Note that Europe puts the clocks back on 25 October, so Madrid and Paris are on winter time by the time this arrives. The moon is at 2 degrees of Taurus, opposite a Sun at 2 degrees of Scorpio.

The Hunter's Moon on 26 October and Why It Falls in Taurus

The Hunter's Moon is simply the full moon that follows the Harvest Moon, and the Harvest Moon was the one on 26 September in Aries. So this is the second of the pair, exactly a lunar month later, and the name is a piece of agricultural bookkeeping rather than a mood.

The sign is the interesting part. Taurus at 2 degrees is slow, physical and entirely uninterested in your reasoning. Opposite a Scorpio Sun that wants to know what everything means, the tension is between a part of you asking what is really going on here and a part of you that just wants to eat properly and sleep and be left alone.

Taurus full moons tend to resolve in the body before they resolve in the mind. If something lands on 26 October, notice where you feel it before you decide what it is.

The New Moon in Libra on 10 October

Seventeen degrees of Libra is a new moon about other people. Not romance particularly, but the specific arithmetic of who you keep making room for and whether the room is returned.

Libra new moons are the best moment of the year to set an intention that involves another person, because you are being asked to name the terms rather than hope they are understood. It is also worth noting that Mercury is already at 12 degrees of Scorpio and inside its pre-shadow by this date, so anything raised now is likely to come back for review in late October. Say it cleanly the first time.

Waxing and Waning Windows in the October 2026 Lunar Calendar

Most of what people want from a lunar calendar comes down to two answers: when the moon is growing and when it is shrinking.

Waning, 26 September to 10 October. Energy moving down and out. Traditionally the window for clearing, cutting back, finishing and editing. Good for removing, not for adding.

Waxing, 10 October to 26 October. Energy building. This is the growth half of the month and the window most traditions point to for cutting hair when you want it back thicker and longer. Exact days are in the lunar hair calendar for October 2026, and the reasoning behind it sits in our lunar hair calendar guide.

Waning again, 26 October to 9 November. The next new moon is 9 November at 07:02 UTC, so October closes in release rather than construction, and it does so with Mercury retrograde overhead. Let the final week be a clearing week.

If you follow the Chinese almanac alongside the western lunar tradition, the two disagree more often than you would expect. Our feng shui haircut calendar for October 2026 marks where they overlap and where they part company.

Mercury Turns Back Two Days Before the Full Moon

The one thing that makes this month different from an ordinary October: Mercury stations retrograde on 24 October at 21 degrees of Scorpio and does not turn direct until 13 November. The full moon arrives on 26 October, two days into it.

Practically, that means the realisation and the ability to articulate it do not arrive together. The full moon shows you something and Mercury declines to give you the sentence for it. This is not a problem unless you insist on solving it immediately. The dates, both shadow periods and what the passage actually affects are set out in Mercury retrograde October 2026.

Common Questions About the Lunar Calendar October 2026

What are the moon phases in October 2026? There are four exact phases: last quarter on 3 October at 13:24 UTC, new moon on 10 October at 15:50 UTC, first quarter on 18 October at 16:12 UTC and full moon on 26 October at 04:11 UTC. The moon waxes from 10 to 26 October and wanes either side of that window.

When is the full moon in October 2026? Monday 26 October at 04:11 UTC, at 2 degrees of Taurus. In the Americas it falls on the evening of Sunday 25 October, at 22:11 in Mexico City and 23:11 in Bogota. In Madrid it is 05:11 and in Bali 12:11 on the Monday.

When is the new moon in October 2026? Saturday 10 October at 15:50 UTC, at 17 degrees of Libra.

Is the October 2026 full moon the Hunter's Moon? Yes. The Hunter's Moon is the full moon following the Harvest Moon, and the Harvest Moon fell on 26 September 2026. The full moon of 26 October is therefore the Hunter's Moon, and in 2026 it falls in Taurus.

Is there an eclipse in October 2026? No. The eclipse season of 2026 opened and closed in August, so neither lunation in October is an eclipse. The next eclipse season begins in February 2027.

What days in October 2026 are good for cutting hair? For growth and thickness, the lunar traditions point to the waxing half, 10 to 26 October. To slow growth or hold a shape, the waning windows are 26 September to 10 October and 26 October to 9 November.

A month with no eclipses and one retrograde is not a quiet month. It is a month where nothing external is available to blame.

With love from Bali,
Myrah.

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