Currently Full Moon

Lunar calendar for weddings

The Moon is waning right now. Traditionally avoided, on the reasoning that a marriage begun on a shrinking Moon shrinks with it.

Waxing moon

The traditional choice, especially the days just before full. Growth, increase and abundance.

Waning moon

Traditionally avoided, on the reasoning that a marriage begun on a shrinking Moon shrinks with it.

Does it work?

Widely observed across European folk custom, and echoed in the Hindu and Chinese calendars, which pick dates by lunar reckoning for the same reason.