Full Moon January 2026 in Cancer: the Wolf Moon
The full moon of January 2026 is exact on Saturday, January 3, 2026 at 10:03 UTC, with the Moon at 13°02' Cancer and the Sun at 13°02' Capricorn. Your time:
Status as of November 2, 2026: 302 days ago.
What time is the January 2026 full moon?
At 10:03 UTC on January 3, 2026, which is Sat, Jan 3, 05:03 AM in New York and Sat, Jan 3, 02:03 AM in Los Angeles.
What sign is the January 2026 full moon in?
Cancer: the Moon is at 13°02' Cancer, opposite the Sun at 13°02' Capricorn.
What is the January 2026 full moon called?
The Wolf Moon, the name given to January’s full moon in the North American naming tradition.
Is the January 2026 full moon a supermoon?
No: the Moon is 362,301 km away, closer than the 384,400 km average but outside the 360,000 km supermoon line; it is number 3 of 2026’s 13 full moons by closeness.
Is the January 2026 full moon an eclipse?
No: the Moon passes 4.28° 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 2026?
On February 1, 2026 at 22:09 UTC, in Leo.
Computed details, January 3, 2026
| Exact time (UTC) | January 3, 2026, 10:03 UTC Your time: |
|---|---|
| Moon | ♋︎ 13°02' Cancer |
| Sun | ♑︎ 13°02' Capricorn |
| Name | Wolf Moon The name given to January’s full moon. |
| Distance from Earth | 362,301 km (−22,099 km) |
| Apparent size | 33.0 arcminutes |
| Nearest perigee | January 1, 2026, 21:44 UTC · 360,336 km 1 d 12 h before |
| Distance from the ecliptic | 4.28° north |
| Closeness rank | 3 of 13 (2026) |
| Since the previous full moon | 29 d 11 h |
Local clock readings
| Place | Local time |
|---|---|
| Los Angeles | Sat, Jan 3, 02:03 AM |
| New York | Sat, Jan 3, 05:03 AM |
| London | Sat, Jan 3, 10:03 AM |
| India | Sat, Jan 3, 03:33 PM |
| Sydney | Sat, Jan 3, 09:03 PM |
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 Sagittarius on December 20, 2025 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.
What it means for your sign: The house this lunation falls in for each of the 12 sun signs.
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/2026.json (CC0 JSON).