Moon phases in January 2030

All 31 days, computed from the ephemeris rather than copied from another calendar: the Moon’s sign, the exact instant it changes sign, and the lit fraction of the disc. Shown in your own timezone.

  • New MoonJanuary 413.8° Capricorn
  • Wolf MoonJanuary 1929.6° Cancer

Day by day

The four quarter instants are marked on the day they fall; every other day carries the interval it is in. Four of the eight phases are moments and four are stretches, which is the one thing most calendars leave out.

DatePhaseSignIlluminationNotes
Tue 1Waning CrescentScorpio→Sagittarius9%
Wed 2Waning CrescentSagittarius4%
Thu 3Waning CrescentSagittarius→Capricorn1%
Fri 4New MoonCapricorn0%
Sat 5Waxing CrescentCapricorn→Aquarius2%
Sun 6Waxing CrescentAquarius7%
Mon 7Waxing CrescentAquarius→Pisces14%
Tue 8Waxing CrescentPisces21%
Wed 9Waxing CrescentPisces→Aries30%
Thu 10Waxing CrescentAries40%
Fri 11First QuarterAries49%
Sat 12Waxing GibbousAries→Taurus59%
Sun 13Waxing GibbousTaurus68%
Mon 14Waxing GibbousTaurus→Gemini76%
Tue 15Waxing GibbousGemini84%
Wed 16Waxing GibbousGemini90%
Thu 17Waxing GibbousGemini→Cancer95%
Fri 18Waxing GibbousCancer99%
Sat 19Full MoonCancer→Leo100%
Sun 20Waning GibbousLeo99%
Mon 21Waning GibbousLeo→Virgo96%
Tue 22Waning GibbousVirgo91%
Wed 23Waning GibbousVirgo84%
Thu 24Waning GibbousVirgo→Libra75%
Fri 25Waning GibbousLibra64%
Sat 26Last QuarterLibra→Scorpio53%
Sun 27Waning CrescentScorpio42%
Mon 28Waning CrescentScorpio→Sagittarius31%
Tue 29Waning CrescentSagittarius21%
Wed 30Waning CrescentSagittarius→Capricorn12%
Thu 31Waning CrescentCapricorn6%

Rows are UTC calendar days. The exact times follow the timezone setting above, so a time close to midnight can belong to the neighbouring day in your own zone.

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Full moons
1
New moons
14
Sign changes
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Brightest night

The Moon passes through 14 signs this month, in order: Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn. It changes sign 14 times — roughly every two and a third days, though not evenly, because the Moon’s speed varies about twelve per cent over an orbit.

Frequently asked questions

When is the full moon in January 2030?

There are 1 in January 2030. The exact instants are in the table above, shown in your own timezone, with the degree and sign each one falls on.

When is the new moon in January 2030?

There are 1 in January 2030, listed to the minute in the table above along with every other phase of the month.

What timezone are these times in?

Your own, resolved in your browser. The rows are UTC calendar days, so an instant close to midnight can belong to the neighbouring day once converted — the table marks those with a small +1 or −1. You can switch the whole page to UTC if you want to compare it against a site that publishes UTC.

What sign is the Moon in during January 2030?

It moves through 14 of them, changing sign 14 times. The exact instant of each change is in the sign column above. The Moon spends about two and a third days in a sign, which is why it covers the whole zodiac in a month while the Sun takes a year.