January 2026 Moon Phase Calendar

Updated · Daily moon data sampled at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time (UTC shown where relevant)

The daily phase and illumination below are sampled at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Principal phases are exact astronomical instants. Moonrise is for New York City and may occur on a different local date elsewhere.

December 2027 Moon Phase Calendar — Gregorian

Gregorian dates: December 1, 2027 – December 31, 2027.

Switching keeps the reference date, December 3, 2027. Weekday headings follow the Gregorian calendar. 13-month dates appear below each day. The detail tables below keep their stated Gregorian date ranges.

Moon phases for December 2027, Eastern Time. 13 month calendar date shown in the center of each day.
SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
Waxing Crescent, 14.5% illuminated14.5%Nov 27 Waxing Crescent, 21.8% illuminated21.8%Nov 28 Waxing Crescent, 30.1% illuminated30.1%Dec 1 First Quarter, 39% illuminated39%Dec 2
First Quarter, 48.4% illuminated48.4%Dec 3 First Quarter, 57.9% illuminated57.9%Dec 4 First Quarter 12:22 a.m. EST First Quarter, 67.3% illuminated67.3%Dec 5 Waxing Gibbous, 76.3% illuminated76.3%Dec 6 Waxing Gibbous, 84.4% illuminated84.4%Dec 7 Waxing Gibbous, 91.3% illuminated91.3%Dec 8 Full Moon, 96.4% illuminated96.4%Dec 9
Full Moon, 99.3% illuminated99.3%Dec 10 Full Moon, 99.7% illuminated99.7%Dec 11 Full Moon 11:08 a.m. EST Full Moon, 97.4% illuminated97.4%Dec 12 Waning Gibbous, 92.4% illuminated92.4%Dec 13 Waning Gibbous, 85% illuminated85%Dec 14 Waning Gibbous, 75.7% illuminated75.7%Dec 15 Last Quarter, 65.1% illuminated65.1%Dec 16
Last Quarter, 54% illuminated54%Dec 17 Last Quarter, 42.8% illuminated42.8%Dec 18 Last Quarter 4:10 a.m. EST Last Quarter, 32.2% illuminated32.2%Dec 19 Waning Crescent, 22.6% illuminated22.6%Dec 20 Waning Crescent, 14.4% illuminated14.4%Dec 21 Waning Crescent, 7.9% illuminated7.9%Dec 22 New Moon, 3.3% illuminated3.3%Dec 23
New Moon, 0.7% illuminated0.7%Dec 24 New Moon, 0.1% illuminated0.1%Dec 25 New Moon 3:12 p.m. EST New Moon, 1.4% illuminated1.4%Dec 26 Waxing Crescent, 4.5% illuminated4.5%Dec 27 Waxing Crescent, 9.2% illuminated9.2%Dec 28 Waxing Crescent, 15.4% illuminated15.4%Year Day

Daily phase names group the cycle into eight broad phase sectors, using progress between exact astronomical events. They describe the 8 p.m. Eastern sample, not the instant of a new moon, quarter moon, or full moon. The tables list those exact principal-phase instants separately.

January 2026 Moon Phases — Exact Times

Principal lunar phases in January 2026, with Eastern and UTC civil dates
PhaseDateTime (ET)Time (UTC)13 month date
Full Moon5:02 a.m. EST
10:02 a.m. UTC		January 3, 2026
Last Quarter10:48 a.m. EST
3:48 p.m. UTC		January 10, 2026
New Moon2:51 p.m. EST
7:51 p.m. UTC		January 18, 2026
First Quarter11:47 p.m. EST
4:47 a.m. UTC		January 25, 2026

Daily Moon Phase, Illumination, and Moonrise

Daily lunar conditions in January 2026; phase and illumination sampled at 8:00 p.m. Eastern
DatePhase at 8 p.m. ETIlluminationNYC moonrise (ET / UTC)13 month date
Full Moon, 97% illuminatedFull Moon97%, 2:36 p.m. EST
, 7:36 p.m. UTC		January 1, 2026
Full Moon, 99.6% illuminatedFull Moon99.6%, 3:43 p.m. EST
, 8:43 p.m. UTC		January 2, 2026
Full Moon, 99.3% illuminatedFull Moon99.3%, 4:59 p.m. EST
, 9:59 p.m. UTC		January 3, 2026
Full Moon, 96.3% illuminatedFull Moon96.3%, 6:17 p.m. EST
, 11:17 p.m. UTC		January 4, 2026
Waning Gibbous, 90.9% illuminatedWaning Gibbous90.9%, 7:33 p.m. EST
, 12:33 a.m. UTC		January 5, 2026
Waning Gibbous, 83.7% illuminatedWaning Gibbous83.7%, 8:45 p.m. EST
, 1:45 a.m. UTC		January 6, 2026
Waning Gibbous, 75.1% illuminatedWaning Gibbous75.1%, 9:53 p.m. EST
, 2:53 a.m. UTC		January 7, 2026
Last Quarter, 65.8% illuminatedLast Quarter65.8%, 10:57 p.m. EST
, 3:57 a.m. UTC		January 8, 2026
Last Quarter, 56.1% illuminatedLast Quarter56.1%No moonrise on this Eastern calendar dateJanuary 9, 2026
Last Quarter, 46.4% illuminatedLast Quarter46.4%, 12:00 a.m. EST
, 5:00 a.m. UTC		January 10, 2026
Last Quarter, 37.1% illuminatedLast Quarter37.1%, 1:03 a.m. EST
, 6:03 a.m. UTC		January 11, 2026
Waning Crescent, 28.2% illuminatedWaning Crescent28.2%, 2:06 a.m. EST
, 7:06 a.m. UTC		January 12, 2026
Waning Crescent, 20.2% illuminatedWaning Crescent20.2%, 3:09 a.m. EST
, 8:09 a.m. UTC		January 13, 2026
Waning Crescent, 13.2% illuminatedWaning Crescent13.2%, 4:11 a.m. EST
, 9:11 a.m. UTC		January 14, 2026
Waning Crescent, 7.5% illuminatedWaning Crescent7.5%, 5:11 a.m. EST
, 10:11 a.m. UTC		January 15, 2026
New Moon, 3.3% illuminatedNew Moon3.3%, 6:05 a.m. EST
, 11:05 a.m. UTC		January 16, 2026
New Moon, 0.7% illuminatedNew Moon0.7%, 6:52 a.m. EST
, 11:52 a.m. UTC		January 17, 2026
New Moon, 0.1% illuminatedNew Moon0.1%, 7:32 a.m. EST
, 12:32 p.m. UTC		January 18, 2026
New Moon, 1.5% illuminatedNew Moon1.5%, 8:04 a.m. EST
, 1:04 p.m. UTC		January 19, 2026
Waxing Crescent, 5% illuminatedWaxing Crescent5%, 8:32 a.m. EST
, 1:32 p.m. UTC		January 20, 2026
Waxing Crescent, 10.6% illuminatedWaxing Crescent10.6%, 8:56 a.m. EST
, 1:56 p.m. UTC		January 21, 2026
Waxing Crescent, 18% illuminatedWaxing Crescent18%, 9:18 a.m. EST
, 2:18 p.m. UTC		January 22, 2026
Waxing Crescent, 27% illuminatedWaxing Crescent27%, 9:40 a.m. EST
, 2:40 p.m. UTC		January 23, 2026
First Quarter, 37.3% illuminatedFirst Quarter37.3%, 10:03 a.m. EST
, 3:03 p.m. UTC		January 24, 2026
First Quarter, 48.3% illuminatedFirst Quarter48.3%, 10:28 a.m. EST
, 3:28 p.m. UTC		January 25, 2026
First Quarter, 59.7% illuminatedFirst Quarter59.7%, 10:58 a.m. EST
, 3:58 p.m. UTC		January 26, 2026
Waxing Gibbous, 70.6% illuminatedWaxing Gibbous70.6%, 11:35 a.m. EST
, 4:35 p.m. UTC		January 27, 2026
Waxing Gibbous, 80.6% illuminatedWaxing Gibbous80.6%, 12:23 p.m. EST
, 5:23 p.m. UTC		January 28, 2026
Waxing Gibbous, 89% illuminatedWaxing Gibbous89%, 1:22 p.m. EST
, 6:22 p.m. UTC		February 1, 2026
Waxing Gibbous, 95.2% illuminatedWaxing Gibbous95.2%, 2:33 p.m. EST
, 7:33 p.m. UTC		February 2, 2026
Full Moon, 98.9% illuminatedFull Moon98.9%, 3:49 p.m. EST
, 8:49 p.m. UTC		February 3, 2026

“No moonrise” means no rise occurs during that midnight-to-midnight Eastern calendar date at the New York City observer location; it does not mean the moon never rises.