Moon tonight / November 2026

Full Moon November 2026: Beaver Moon

Q: When is the full moon in November 2026?

The November 2026 full moon is on November 24 at 9:53 AM EST, which is 6:53 AM PST on November 24 on the West Coast. The table shows the time in every US zone.

Q: What is the November full moon called?

It is the Beaver Moon. In November the beavers finish their preparations for winter and retreat into their lodges, and Carver recorded the name in the 1760s. Other peoples named the month for the deer rut or the first hard frost.

Q: What time does the November full moon rise?

The full moon rises near sunset. The table gives moonrise that evening for New York, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, Anchorage and Honolulu, each on its own clock, with the compass direction it appears in.

Q: Is the November 2026 full moon a supermoon?

Not by this page’s rule. It is about 360,768 km away at the full moon, and a supermoon here means a full moon closer than 360,000 km.

Q: Is the November 2026 full moon a Blue Moon?

No. A Blue Moon is the second full moon in a calendar month or the third of four in one season, and the moon does not turn blue.

Q: Why do full moon times differ by time zone?

The moon is full at one instant for everyone on Earth. Each zone writes that instant on its own clock, so it can land on a different date late in the evening.

The Beaver Moon is full on November 24 at 9:53 AM EST. Here is the time in every US zone and moonrise that evening in six cities.

Photo: “Moon rise over the Green River and sage steppe at Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge”, Tom Koerner, USFWS Mountain-Prairie, Public domain

The exact time

When the November full moon happens in each US time zone

The November 2026 full moon in each US time zone
Time zone	Date	Time
Eastern	November 24	9:53 AM EST
Central	November 24	8:53 AM CST
Mountain	November 24	7:53 AM MST
Pacific	November 24	6:53 AM PST
Alaska	November 24	5:53 AM AKST
Hawaii	November 24	4:53 AM HST

Instants from the U.S. Naval Observatory’s table of moon phases.

Moonrise

Moonrise that evening in six cities

A full moon rises close to sunset. The compass direction is where to look on the horizon.

Moonrise on the evening of the November 2026 full moon in six cities
City	Evening of	Moonrise	Direction
New York	Nov 24	4:16 PM	northeast (NE)
Chicago	Nov 24	4:08 PM	northeast (NE)
Denver	Nov 24	4:28 PM	northeast (NE)
Los Angeles	Nov 24	4:43 PM	east-northeast (ENE)
Anchorage	Nov 24	2:49 PM	north-northeast (NNE)
Honolulu	Nov 23	5:05 PM	east-northeast (ENE)

The name

Why it is called the Beaver Moon

In November the beavers finish their preparations for winter and retreat into their lodges, and Carver recorded the name in the 1760s. Other peoples named the month for the deer rut or the first hard frost.

These names come from Native American, Colonial American and European traditions, and nations named the moons by their own seasons, so no one name belongs to a single people. Names follow the Old Farmer's Almanac.