Full Moon April 2027: the Pink Moon in Scorpio

The April 2027 full moon is exact on Tuesday, April 20, at 6:27 p.m. EDT, which is 22:27 UTC. On the Pacific coast that is 3:27 p.m. PDT. The Moon rises around sunset on this date, so the moment of the full moon is a little before it clears the eastern horizon in the US, and Tuesday evening gives the best view.

For readers in Europe the hour is 00:27 on Wednesday, April 21, in Paris and Berlin, and 01:27 in Sofia and Istanbul. A single date can be wrong for half the world, which is why the lunar calendar turns the moment into your own local time.

The traditional April name points to the first spring wildflowers, usually identified as moss pink or creeping phlox, that color fields in North America around this time. The Moon itself keeps its normal color. The Pink Moon is one name among many in an almanac list that changes from region to region, and astronomy has no use for it.

In astronomical terms the Moon stands at the very start of Scorpio, under one degree, in the tropical zodiac. The Sun stands opposite at the same degree of Taurus. No planet is retrograde on April 20. Mars turned direct on April 1 and Jupiter on April 13, and Pluto turns retrograde on May 8 in Aquarius, about two and a half weeks later.

Astrologers read Scorpio as the sign of depth, intimacy, shared resources and the urge to get to the bottom of things. Taurus, holding the Sun, stands for comfort, steadiness and what you own. A Scorpio full moon is traditionally read as a moment when something under the surface comes up, often around trust or money you share with someone. Because the Moon sits at the first degree, astrologers also say the theme is only starting to unfold, and the next full moon in May, in the same sign, continues it. With the retrograde planets all direct again, the tradition treats this as a clear stretch for decisions that were on hold.

It stands at the first degree of Scorpio. Open your birth chart and look for the start of Scorpio. The house it falls in names where the full moon shines, and the opposite house, holding the start of Taurus, tells you what it is set against. A Sun, Moon or rising sign near the first degrees of Scorpio, Taurus, Leo or Aquarius makes the contact personal. If you are not sure what your Moon placement says, what your moon sign means walks through it.

The April 2026 full moon was exact on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, at 10:12 p.m. EDT (02:12 UTC on April 2), with the Moon in Libra. It was the Pink Moon of that year as well. The full moon 2026 calendar lists it with the rest of that year.

This full moon finishes the cycle that began at the new moon of April 6 in Aries. The next new moon falls on May 6 at 6:59 a.m. EDT in Taurus, and the next full moon is the May 2027 full moon on May 20, again in Scorpio. The full moon 2027 calendar puts all twelve dates side by side.