The moon will be full above Montreal on February 1, 2026, and it will be at its peak around 5:09 p.m. For your information, sunset on that day will be at 5:01 p.m. – the first sunset of the year after 5 p.m., and the beginning of a well-deserved return to light for Montrealers who work nine-to-five (from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.).
With a little luck—and poetic coincidence—it will snow in Montreal on the evening of the Snow Moon…
Snow Moon
The Snow Moon is the name given to the full moon in February in the English, American, and Canadian Gregorian calendars. According to the Farmer’s Almanac, it is a name that brings together and reflects the Indigenous, colonial, and European semiotics of North America.
The name given to it today,“Snow Moon,“ refers to a time of year when snowfall is abundant.
In the 1760s, Captain Jonathan Carver, who was visiting the Naudowessie (Dakota) Nation, wrote that the “Snow Moon” referred to the full moon of this period “because, commonly, more snow falls at this time than during the other winter months.”
Among the indigenous nations of North America,this full moon is called:
- Bald Eagle Moon (Cree)
- E agle Moon (Cree)
- Groundhog Moon (Algonquin)
- Snow Moon (Dakota)
- Bear Moon (Ojibwe)
- Goose Moon (Haida)
- B ony Moon (Cherokee)
- HungryMoon (Cherokee)
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Practical Information
The Full Snow Moon will reach its peak on February 1, 2026, at 5:09 p.m. above Montreal.
Happy February 2026 in Montreal!