Full Moon February 2026: the Snow Moon in Leo

Detail	February 2026 full moon
Date	Sunday, February 1, 2026
Time, US Eastern	5:09 p.m. EST
Time, UTC	22:09 UTC
Moon sign	Leo, about 13 degrees
Sun opposite	Aquarius
Traditional name	Snow Moon
Eclipse	none
Next new moon	February 17, 7:01 a.m. EST, annular solar eclipse in Aquarius
Next full moon	March 3, total lunar eclipse in Virgo
All 2026 full moons	Full moon 2026 calendar

A moonrise worth stepping out for

A full moon rarely peaks right at moonrise, but in February 2026 it did for the eastern US. At 5:09 p.m. EST the Sun was going down and the full Moon was coming up in the east-northeast, so anyone outside on Sunday evening saw the Moon at its exact fullest as it cleared the horizon. Farther west the moment fell in the afternoon, 2:09 p.m. PST, and the Moon rose a few hours past full, which looks the same to the eye.

In Athens and Istanbul the same moment was already February 2, so lists from those time zones give the next day. The lunar calendar shows the date and time for wherever you are.

The Snow Moon

The almanac name for February's full moon is the Snow Moon, tied to the deep winter snow of the northern US. Like the rest of the list, it describes the season on the ground, with no effect on the Moon itself.

Measured facts and astrological reading

In measured terms, the Moon stood at about 13 degrees of Leo in the tropical zodiac, opposite the Sun at the same degree of Aquarius. Uranus turned direct two days later, on February 3, after a retrograde that began in 2025.

Astrologers see Leo as the sign of warmth, pride, play and the wish to be seen for who you are. Aquarius, with the Sun there, is read as the sign of friends, networks, ideals and fitting in on your own terms. A Leo full moon is traditionally read as a moment to notice whether you have been shrinking yourself to suit a group, or taking up so much room that others step back. The usual advice is gentle: give your own light some space without asking anyone else to dim theirs.

The eclipse that followed

Two weeks later, the new moon of February 17 at 7:01 a.m. EST in Aquarius was an annular solar eclipse, the first eclipse of 2026. The Moon covered the Sun's center and left a bright ring, seen only over Antarctica, so neither New York nor Los Angeles saw any of it. Two weeks after that came the total lunar eclipse of March 3. That made the Snow Moon the last ordinary full moon before the first eclipse pair of the year.

Reading it in your chart

Find 13 degrees of Leo in your birth chart. The house there is read as the part of life that came into view, and the opposite house, holding mid Aquarius, as what balanced it. A Sun, Moon or rising sign near those degrees, or near mid Taurus or Scorpio, made the contact personal. What your moon sign means is a good next step if you want to see how your own Moon fits in.

The full moons around it

The previous full moon was the January 2026 full moon in Cancer, the Wolf Moon and the first of the year. The next was the March 2026 full moon, the total lunar eclipse in Virgo, the blood moon of 2026. The full moon 2026 calendar puts all thirteen dates side by side.