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A MONTH OF WAXING AND WANING LIGHT

January 2026 Moon phase calendar

Major phase dates and times are in UTC. Daily phase and illumination are for 03:00 UTC on each date, the same moment as each day’s Moon page.

Major phase times

Full Moon
Last Quarter
New Moon
First Quarter

Which time zone does this calendar use?

Each major phase happens at the same instant worldwide. The dates and times here are in UTC, so where you are the date can be a day earlier or later. The 2026 Full Moon calendar gives full Moon names and times in US Eastern Time.

Daily phase and illumination are for 03:00 UTC, the same moment as each day’s Moon page. For moonrise and moonset where you are, see Moonrise and moonset tonight.

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Daily Moon phase

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Daily Moon phase and illumination for January 2026, at 03:00 UTC each day
DateMoonPhaseIllumination
Jan 1Waxing Gibbous92%
Jan 2Waxing Gibbous97%
Jan 3Full Moon100%
Jan 4Full Moon99%
Jan 5Waning Gibbous96%
Jan 6Waning Gibbous90%
Jan 7Waning Gibbous83%
Jan 8Waning Gibbous74%
Jan 9Waning Gibbous65%
Jan 10Waning Gibbous55%
Jan 11Waning Crescent46%
Jan 12Waning Crescent36%
Jan 13Waning Crescent28%
Jan 14Waning Crescent20%
Jan 15Waning Crescent13%
Jan 16Waning Crescent7%
Jan 17Waning Crescent3%
Jan 18New Moon1%
Jan 19New Moon0%
Jan 20Waxing Crescent2%
Jan 21Waxing Crescent5%
Jan 22Waxing Crescent11%
Jan 23Waxing Crescent19%
Jan 24Waxing Crescent28%
Jan 25Waxing Crescent38%
Jan 26First Quarter49%
Jan 27Waxing Gibbous61%
Jan 28Waxing Gibbous72%
Jan 29Waxing Gibbous81%
Jan 30Waxing Gibbous90%
Jan 31Waxing Gibbous96%
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Born in January 2026?

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