Full Moon January 2025 in Cancer: the Wolf Moon
The full moon of January 2025 is exact on Monday, January 13, 2025 at 22:27 UTC, with the Moon at 24°00' Cancer and the Sun at 23°59' Capricorn. Your time:
Status as of November 2, 2026: 657 days ago.
What time is the January 2025 full moon?
At 22:27 UTC on January 13, 2025, which is Mon, Jan 13, 05:27 PM in New York and Mon, Jan 13, 02:27 PM in Los Angeles.
What sign is the January 2025 full moon in?
Cancer: the Moon is at 24°00' Cancer, opposite the Sun at 23°59' Capricorn.
What is the January 2025 full moon called?
The Wolf Moon, the name given to January’s full moon in the North American naming tradition.
Is the January 2025 full moon a supermoon?
No: the Moon is 381,405 km away, closer than the 384,400 km average but outside the 360,000 km supermoon line; it is number 6 of 2025’s 12 full moons by closeness.
Is the January 2025 full moon an eclipse?
No: the Moon passes 4.60° north of the ecliptic, too far from the Sun–Earth line for Earth’s shadow to reach it.
When is the next full moon after January 2025?
On February 12, 2025 at 13:54 UTC, in Leo.
Computed details, January 13, 2025
| Exact time (UTC) | January 13, 2025, 22:27 UTC Your time: |
|---|---|
| Moon | ♋︎ 24°00' Cancer |
| Sun | ♑︎ 23°59' Capricorn |
| Name | Wolf Moon The name given to January’s full moon. |
| Distance from Earth | 381,405 km (−2,995 km) |
| Apparent size | 31.3 arcminutes |
| Nearest perigee | January 7, 2025, 23:58 UTC · 370,162 km 5 d 22 h before |
| Distance from the ecliptic | 4.60° north |
| Closeness rank | 6 of 12 (2025) |
| Since the previous full moon | 29 d 13 h |
Local clock readings
| Place | Local time |
|---|---|
| Los Angeles | Mon, Jan 13, 02:27 PM |
| New York | Mon, Jan 13, 05:27 PM |
| London | Mon, Jan 13, 10:27 PM |
| India | Tue, Jan 14, 03:57 AM |
| Sydney | Tue, Jan 14, 09:27 AM |
What a full moon in Cancer means
With the Moon in Cancer and the Sun in Capricorn, this full moon lights the Cancer–Capricorn axis: what started at the new moon in Capricorn on December 30, 2024 comes to a head. Cancer is a cardinal water sign ruled by the Moon; its keywords: protective, intuitive, loyal.
Feeling comes closer to the surface and home matters more than usual. People want to be looked after and notice when they are not. Kind days for family, cooking and rest; touchy days for criticism.
The instant is the same everywhere; only the clock reading changes. Distances are centre to centre. There is no official supermoon definition: here a supermoon is a full moon with the Moon within 360,000 km of Earth, a micromoon one beyond 405,000 km. Computed with astronomy-engine, tropical zodiac. Data: full-moon/2025.json (CC0 JSON).