Waxing · 99.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 21°
Full Moon at
23:49UTC
Moon phase on January 17, 2022Full Moon
On Monday, January 17, 2022, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.7% of its visible face lit, 14.7 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .
99.7%Illumination at noon UTC
14.7 dMoon age
402,116 km249,863 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (22°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit
Full moon
This is the Wolf Moon, 401,012 km from Earth.
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to January 17, 2022 is on Monday, January 17, 2022 at 23:49 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 2, 2022 at 18:34 UTC, 15 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Sunday, January 9, 2022 | 18:11 |
| Full Moon (this day) | Monday, January 17, 2022 | 23:49 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Tuesday, January 25, 2022 | 13:41 |
The Moon around January 17
More about this date
Monday, January 17, 2022 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 2, 2022 to the new moon of February 1, 2022, a cycle of 29.47 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in January 2022, or the whole moon calendar 2022.
- The same date one year apart: 2021 · 2023.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.