Waning · 99.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 14°
Full Moon at
10:03UTC
Moon phase on January 3, 2026Full Moon
On Saturday, January 3, 2026, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.9% of its visible face lit, 14.4 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .
99.9%Illumination at noon UTC
14.4 dMoon age
362,516 km225,257 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (14°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit
Full moon
This is the Wolf Moon, 362,301 km from Earth. Closest supermoon of the year
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to January 3, 2026 is on Saturday, January 3, 2026 at 10:03 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 01:44 UTC, 14 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Saturday, December 27, 2025 | 19:10 |
| Full Moon (this day) | Saturday, January 3, 2026 | 10:03 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Saturday, January 10, 2026 | 15:49 |
The Moon around January 3
More about this date
Saturday, January 3, 2026 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 20, 2025 to the new moon of January 18, 2026, a cycle of 29.76 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in January 2026, or the whole moon calendar 2026.
- The same date one year apart: 2025 · 2027.
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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.