Sky calendar

The full moon in January 2027

January's full moon — traditionally the Wolf Moon — with its exact peak computed from JPL ephemeris data and shown in your timezone.

The sky at the instant of the full moon — the Moon in Leo, the Sun exactly opposite, both at their computed longitudes

January 22, 2027 at 12:17 UTC

Full moon in Leo · peak illumination — the instant the Moon sits exactly opposite the Sun

A full moon in Leo

A full moon in Leo wants an audience. Work you have been doing quietly asks to be seen — and the honest risk is showing it before it feels perfect.

Also this month

The new moon falls on January 7, 2027 at 20:24 UTC in Capricorn— the start of the next lunar cycle.

Every time on this page is computed from JPL ephemeris data — the same source NASA navigates by — and shown in your timezone. Want to know what the sky is doing to your chart? Start with the Big Three quiz or build your chart.