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The Moon on Monday, January 6, 2042: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 17°

Full Moon at

08:54UTC

Moon phase on January 6, 2042Full Moon

Monday 6 January 2042391,185 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 6, 2042, the Moon will be a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 14.2 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happens at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
14.2 dMoon age
391,185 km243,071 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (18°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Wolf Moon, 390,725 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 6, 2042 is on Monday, January 6, 2042 at 08:54 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 23, 2041 at 08:06 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, December 30, 204103:46
Full Moon (this day)Monday, January 6, 204208:54
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, January 14, 204211:24

The Moon around January 6

More about this date

Monday, January 6, 2042 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 23, 2041 to the new moon of January 21, 2042, a cycle of 29.52 days.