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THE FULL-MOON YEAR

2026 – 2027

Twelve months opened by full moons, anchored to the vernal equinox of March 20, 2026. Four eclipses fall on the calendar's own hinges; three times the heavens gather at the heart of the Lion.

SPINE All phases, positions, seasons, and eclipse times computed from the JPL DE421 ephemeris (Skyfield). Times UT. Regulus gate separations are apparent geocentric ecliptic longitudes; node positions given for the true (osculating) node.1
SCAFFOLD The reckoning rule — Month N opens at the Nth full moon after the vernal equinox; Day 1 is the UT date of the opening full moon — is a construction, not a discovery. Under it, every lunar eclipse is a month-opener and every solar eclipse falls mid-month by definition. Consistent-with is never proven-by.
IIIIIIIVVVIVIIVIIIIXXXIXII�☀Aug 12☾Aug 28☀Feb 6☾Feb 20♀✶☉✶♂✶Four eclipses (red, above) · Three Regulus gates (gold, below) · Month-openers on the line

✶ THE REGULUS THREAD

One star organizes this year. In the fourth month, Venus crosses Regulus with the true south node standing within a degree (Day 11). In the fifth month, the Sun itself sweeps the Lion's heart with the south node pinned 0.4° away (Day 25) — ten days after the total solar eclipse that this same nodal geometry produces. Then Mars arrives: three passes of its retrograde loop bracket Regulus (Nov 26, Feb 21, May 15), and at the loop's center Mars reaches opposition — its brightest in the year — 0.6° of longitude from the star, while Jupiter stands at its own opposition in the same sign. The Lion's heart is visited by the morning star, the Sun, the dragon's tail, the red planet at full power, and the king planet, all within a single full-moon year.

IApr 2 – Apr 30
Opens April 2, 2026 · 02:12 UT
Full moon 12°Lib
Day 16◉New moon (Apr 17, 11:52 UT)
Day 18♃Mars–Saturn conjunction, 1.2° (Apr 19)
Day 19♃Mercury–Saturn 0.5°, Mercury–Mars 1.7° — triple grouping in Pisces (Apr 20)
IIMay 1 – May 30
Opens May 1, 2026 · 17:23 UT
Full moon 11°Sco
Day 16◉New moon (May 16, 20:01 UT)
IIIMay 31 – Jun 28
Opens May 31, 2026 · 08:45 UT
Full moon 10°Sag
Day 10♃Venus–Jupiter conjunction, 1.6°, evening west (Jun 9)
Day 16◉New moon (Jun 15, 02:54 UT)
Day 22⊕SUMMER SOLSTICE (Jun 21, 08:25 UT)
IVJun 29 – Jul 28
Opens June 29, 2026 · 23:57 UT
Full moon 8°Cap
Day 8◉Earth at aphelion, 1.0166 AU (Jul 6)
Day 11✶REGULUS GATE I — Venus, Regulus, and the true south node gathered within ~1° of ecliptic longitude (Jul 9, exact passage ~21:40 UT)
Day 16◉New moon (Jul 14, 09:44 UT)
VJul 29 – Aug 27
Opens July 29, 2026 · 14:36 UT
Full moon 6°Aqu
Day 15☀TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE at mid-month new moon (Aug 12, 17:37 UT) — path across the Arctic, Greenland, Iceland, and Spain
Day 15☄Perseid maximum under eclipse-dark moonless skies (Aug 12–13)
Day 18♃Venus greatest elongation east, 45.9° evening star; Mercury–Jupiter 0.6° (Aug 15)
Day 25✶REGULUS GATE II — Sun, Regulus, and south node stacked within ~0.4° of longitude as the Sun sweeps the star (Aug 22–23, exact ~07:00 UT on the 23rd). Day 25 of the fifth month.
VIAug 28 – Sep 25
Opens August 28, 2026 · 04:19 UT
Full moon 5°Pis
Day 1☾Month opens with a PARTIAL LUNAR ECLIPSE (Aug 28, 04:13 UT) — the opening full moon is itself eclipsed
Day 15◉New moon (Sep 11, 03:27 UT)
Day 27⊕AUTUMNAL EQUINOX (Sep 23, 00:05 UT)
VIISep 26 – Oct 25
Opens September 26, 2026 · 16:49 UT
Full moon 4°Ari
Day 9♃Saturn at opposition in Pisces (Oct 4)
Day 15◉New moon (Oct 10, 15:50 UT)
Day 29♃Venus inferior conjunction — evening star dies, morning star conceived (Oct 24)
VIIIOct 26 – Nov 23
Opens October 26, 2026 · 04:12 UT
Full moon 3°Tau
Day 15◉New moon (Nov 9, 07:02 UT)
Day 22♃Mars–Jupiter conjunction, 1.2°, morning east — both bound for Leo (Nov 16)
Day 23☄Leonid maximum, radiant beneath Leo's sickle (Nov 17)
IXNov 24 – Dec 23
Opens November 24, 2026 · 14:54 UT
Full moon 3°Gem · perigee +1d
Day 1◉Perigee full moon — supermoon (perigee Nov 25, 359,347 km)
Day 3✶Mars passes 1.7° from Regulus, first of three passes of its retrograde loop around the Lion's heart (Nov 26)
Day 16◉New moon (Dec 9, 00:52 UT)
Day 20☄Geminid maximum, thin waxing crescent — dark skies (Dec 13–14)
Day 28⊕WINTER SOLSTICE (Dec 21, 20:50 UT)
XDec 24 – Jan 21, 2027
Opens December 24, 2026 · 01:28 UT
Full moon 2°Can · perigee +7h
Day 1◉CLOSEST FULL MOON OF THE YEAR opens the month — perigee 356,650 km just 7 hours after full (Dec 24)
Day 11◉Earth at perihelion, 0.9833 AU (Jan 3)
Day 11♃Venus greatest elongation west, 47.0° — morning star at full height (Jan 3)
Day 15◉New moon (Jan 7, 20:24 UT)
XIJan 22 – Feb 19
Opens January 22, 2027 · 12:17 UT
Full moon 2°Leo
Day 16☀ANNULAR SOLAR ECLIPSE at mid-month new moon (Feb 6, 15:56 UT) — ring of fire across the South Pacific, southern South America, and the Atlantic
Day 21♃Jupiter at opposition in Leo, ecliptic longitude 142° (Feb 11)
Day 29✶REGULUS GATE III — Mars at opposition (0.68 AU) standing 0.6° in longitude from Regulus: the red planet at full brightness beside the Lion's heart, with Jupiter blazing in the same sign (Feb 19)
XIIFeb 20 – Mar 21
Opens February 20, 2027 · 23:24 UT
Full moon 2°Vir
Day 1☾Month opens with a PENUMBRAL LUNAR ECLIPSE (Feb 20, 23:13 UT) — the year's final month, like its sixth, opens under an eclipsed moon
Day 2✶Retrograde Mars at minimum 4.0° from Regulus, second pass of the loop (Feb 21)
Day 17◉New moon (Mar 8, 09:29 UT)
Day 29⊕VERNAL EQUINOX (Mar 20, 20:25 UT) — the year closes; the Mar 22 full moon opens the next