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Moon phases January 2016

Last quarter
Sat 02 Jan
05:31 UTC
New moon
Sun 10 Jan
01:31 UTC
First quarter
Sat 16 Jan
23:26 UTC
Full · Wolf
Sun 24 Jan
01:46 UTC

In January 2016 the primary moon phases are the Last Quarter on Saturday, January 2 at 05:31 UTC, the New Moon on Sunday, January 10 at 01:31 UTC, the First Quarter on Saturday, January 16 at 23:26 UTC and the Full Moon on Sunday, January 24 at 01:46 UTC. The full moon is the Wolf Moon.

01 Waning Gibbous, 57% lit 57% 02Last Q Last Quarter, 48% lit 48%05:31 03 Waning Crescent, 38% lit 38% 04 Waning Crescent, 29% lit 29% 05 Waning Crescent, 21% lit 21% 06 Waning Crescent, 14% lit 14% 07 Waning Crescent, 7% lit 7% 08 Waning Crescent, 3% lit 3% 09 Waning Crescent, 1% lit 1% 10New New Moon, 0% lit 0%01:31 11 Waxing Crescent, 3% lit 3% 12 Waxing Crescent, 7% lit 7% 13 Waxing Crescent, 14% lit 14% 14 Waxing Crescent, 23% lit 23% 15 Waxing Crescent, 34% lit 34% 16First Q First Quarter, 45% lit 45%23:26 17 Waxing Gibbous, 56% lit 56% 18 Waxing Gibbous, 67% lit 67% 19 Waxing Gibbous, 77% lit 77% 20 Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit 86% 21 Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit 92% 22 Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit 97% 23 Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 24Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%01:46 25 Waning Gibbous, 98% lit 98% 26 Waning Gibbous, 94% lit 94% 27 Waning Gibbous, 89% lit 89% 28 Waning Gibbous, 82% lit 82% 29 Waning Gibbous, 74% lit 74% 30 Waning Gibbous, 65% lit 65% 31 Waning Gibbous, 56% lit 56%

Exact phase times

January 2016 has four primary moon phases: the Last Quarter on January 2, the New Moon on January 10, the First Quarter on January 16 and the Full Moon on January 24.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
Last QuarterSaturday, January 2, 201605:31
New MoonSunday, January 10, 201601:31
First QuarterSaturday, January 16, 201623:26
Full MoonSunday, January 24, 201601:46

Sunday, January 24, 2016: Wolf Moon, 387,693 km from Earth.

Full moons · 2016

Twelve full moons, one blue

24 Jan Wolf 22 Feb Snow 23 Mar Worm penumbral eclipse 22 Apr Pink Micromoon 21 May Flower Blue moon 20 Jun Straw­berry 19 Jul Buck 18 Aug Sturgeon 16 Sept Harvest penumbral eclipse 16 Oct Hunter’s Supermoon 14 Nov Beaver Supermoon 14 Dec Cold Supermoon