Waxing · 99.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 10°
Full Moon at
23:08UTC
Moon phase on January 6, 2023Full Moon
On Friday, January 6, 2023, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.7% of its visible face lit, 14.1 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .
99.7%Illumination at noon UTC
14.1 dMoon age
405,291 km251,836 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (11°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit
Full moon
This is the Wolf Moon, 405,782 km from Earth. Micromoon
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to January 6, 2023 is on Friday, January 6, 2023 at 23:08 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 23, 2022 at 10:17 UTC, 14 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Friday, December 30, 2022 | 01:21 |
| Full Moon (this day) | Friday, January 6, 2023 | 23:08 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Sunday, January 15, 2023 | 02:11 |
The Moon around January 6
More about this date
Friday, January 6, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 23, 2022 to the new moon of January 21, 2023, a cycle of 29.44 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in January 2023, or the whole moon calendar 2023.
- The same date one year apart: 2022 · 2024.
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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.