January 2027 Moon Phase Calendar

Updated October 2, 2026 · 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 2026 Moon Phase Calendar — Gregorian

Gregorian dates: December 1, 2026 – December 31, 2026.

Switching keeps the reference date, December 3, 2026. 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 2026, Eastern Time. 13 month calendar date shown in the center of each day.
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
		141.7%Nov 27 Last Quarter 1:08 a.m. EST	231.6%Nov 28	322.5%Dec 1	414.7%Dec 2	58.4%Dec 3
63.9%Dec 4	71.1%Dec 5	80.2%Dec 6 New Moon 7:51 p.m. EST	91%Dec 7	103.7%Dec 8	117.9%Dec 9	1213.7%Dec 10
1320.8%Dec 11	1429.1%Dec 12	1538.3%Dec 13	1648.1%Dec 14	1758.4%Dec 15 First Quarter 12:42 a.m. EST	1868.6%Dec 16	1978.3%Dec 17
2086.9%Dec 18	2193.8%Dec 19	2298.2%Dec 20	2399.9%Dec 21 Full Moon 8:28 p.m. EST	2498.5%Dec 22	2594.1%Dec 23	2687.2%Dec 24
2778.5%Dec 25	2868.6%Dec 26	2958%Dec 27	3047.5%Dec 28 Last Quarter 1:59 p.m. EST	3137.4%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 2027 Moon Phases — Exact Times

Principal lunar phases in January 2027, with Eastern and UTC civil dates
Phase	Date	Time (ET)	Time (UTC)	13 month date
New Moon	January 7, 2027	3:24 p.m. EST	January 7, 2027 8:24 p.m. UTC	January 7, 2027
First Quarter	January 15, 2027	3:34 p.m. EST	January 15, 2027 8:34 p.m. UTC	January 15, 2027
Full Moon	January 22, 2027	7:17 a.m. EST	January 22, 2027 12:17 p.m. UTC	January 22, 2027
Last Quarter	January 29, 2027	5:55 a.m. EST	January 29, 2027 10:55 a.m. UTC	February 1, 2027

Special events and calculation notes

January 22, 2027: Supermoon (geocentric distance <= 360,000 km)

Eclipse classifications are from NASA GSFC. On this site, “supermoon” means a full moon with a computed geocentric distance of 360,000 km or less.

Daily Moon Phase, Illumination, and Moonrise

Daily lunar conditions in January 2027; phase and illumination sampled at 8:00 p.m. Eastern
Date	Phase at 8 p.m. ET	Illumination	NYC moonrise (ET / UTC)	13 month date
January 1, 2027	Waning Crescent	28.1%	January 1, 2027, 1:49 a.m. EST January 1, 2027, 6:49 a.m. UTC	January 1, 2027
January 2, 2027	Waning Crescent	19.7%	January 2, 2027, 2:54 a.m. EST January 2, 2027, 7:54 a.m. UTC	January 2, 2027
January 3, 2027	Waning Crescent	12.7%	January 3, 2027, 3:58 a.m. EST January 3, 2027, 8:58 a.m. UTC	January 3, 2027
January 4, 2027	Waning Crescent	7.1%	January 4, 2027, 5:00 a.m. EST January 4, 2027, 10:00 a.m. UTC	January 4, 2027
January 5, 2027	New Moon	3%	January 5, 2027, 5:58 a.m. EST January 5, 2027, 10:58 a.m. UTC	January 5, 2027
January 6, 2027	New Moon	0.7%	January 6, 2027, 6:48 a.m. EST January 6, 2027, 11:48 a.m. UTC	January 6, 2027
January 7, 2027	New Moon	0.1%	January 7, 2027, 7:31 a.m. EST January 7, 2027, 12:31 p.m. UTC	January 7, 2027
January 8, 2027	New Moon	1.3%	January 8, 2027, 8:07 a.m. EST January 8, 2027, 1:07 p.m. UTC	January 8, 2027
January 9, 2027	Waxing Crescent	4.2%	January 9, 2027, 8:36 a.m. EST January 9, 2027, 1:36 p.m. UTC	January 9, 2027
January 10, 2027	Waxing Crescent	8.9%	January 10, 2027, 9:02 a.m. EST January 10, 2027, 2:02 p.m. UTC	January 10, 2027
January 11, 2027	Waxing Crescent	15.1%	January 11, 2027, 9:24 a.m. EST January 11, 2027, 2:24 p.m. UTC	January 11, 2027
January 12, 2027	Waxing Crescent	22.8%	January 12, 2027, 9:45 a.m. EST January 12, 2027, 2:45 p.m. UTC	January 12, 2027
January 13, 2027	First Quarter	31.7%	January 13, 2027, 10:06 a.m. EST January 13, 2027, 3:06 p.m. UTC	January 13, 2027
January 14, 2027	First Quarter	41.6%	January 14, 2027, 10:27 a.m. EST January 14, 2027, 3:27 p.m. UTC	January 14, 2027
January 15, 2027	First Quarter	52.1%	January 15, 2027, 10:51 a.m. EST January 15, 2027, 3:51 p.m. UTC	January 15, 2027
January 16, 2027	First Quarter	62.9%	January 16, 2027, 11:19 a.m. EST January 16, 2027, 4:19 p.m. UTC	January 16, 2027
January 17, 2027	Waxing Gibbous	73.3%	January 17, 2027, 11:54 a.m. EST January 17, 2027, 4:54 p.m. UTC	January 17, 2027
January 18, 2027	Waxing Gibbous	82.9%	January 18, 2027, 12:39 p.m. EST January 18, 2027, 5:39 p.m. UTC	January 18, 2027
January 19, 2027	Waxing Gibbous	90.9%	January 19, 2027, 1:36 p.m. EST January 19, 2027, 6:36 p.m. UTC	January 19, 2027
January 20, 2027	Full Moon	96.6%	January 20, 2027, 2:46 p.m. EST January 20, 2027, 7:46 p.m. UTC	January 20, 2027
January 21, 2027	Full Moon	99.6%	January 21, 2027, 4:06 p.m. EST January 21, 2027, 9:06 p.m. UTC	January 21, 2027
January 22, 2027	Full Moon	99.6%	January 22, 2027, 5:28 p.m. EST January 22, 2027, 10:28 p.m. UTC	January 22, 2027
January 23, 2027	Full Moon	96.6%	January 23, 2027, 6:48 p.m. EST January 23, 2027, 11:48 p.m. UTC	January 23, 2027
January 24, 2027	Waning Gibbous	91%	January 24, 2027, 8:05 p.m. EST January 25, 2027, 1:05 a.m. UTC	January 24, 2027
January 25, 2027	Waning Gibbous	83.3%	January 25, 2027, 9:17 p.m. EST January 26, 2027, 2:17 a.m. UTC	January 25, 2027
January 26, 2027	Waning Gibbous	74.3%	January 26, 2027, 10:28 p.m. EST January 27, 2027, 3:28 a.m. UTC	January 26, 2027
January 27, 2027	Last Quarter	64.4%	January 27, 2027, 11:36 p.m. EST January 28, 2027, 4:36 a.m. UTC	January 27, 2027
January 28, 2027	Last Quarter	54.3%	No moonrise on this Eastern calendar date	January 28, 2027
January 29, 2027	Last Quarter	44.3%	January 29, 2027, 12:43 a.m. EST January 29, 2027, 5:43 a.m. UTC	February 1, 2027
January 30, 2027	Last Quarter	34.8%	January 30, 2027, 1:49 a.m. EST January 30, 2027, 6:49 a.m. UTC	February 2, 2027
January 31, 2027	Waning Crescent	26%	January 31, 2027, 2:53 a.m. EST January 31, 2027, 7:53 a.m. UTC	February 3, 2027

“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.