Full Moon January 2027: the Wolf Supermoon on 22 January
The Wolf Moon is on .
76 days, 5 hours and 36 minutes until the exact phase.
Distance and flags
- Distance from Earth
- 357,635 km · a supermoon
- Size against the average distance
- larger by 7.5% across the sky
- Next year
Moonrise in London on Fri 22 Jan
- Moonrise
- 16:33
- Rises towards
- north-east · 56°
- Moonset
- 08:04
The disc looks full on the nights either side of the exact time, and a full Moon rises near sunset. Moonrise and moonset for other places and dates.
What the Wolf Moon means
Wolf Moon is the popular English-language almanac name for January's full Moon. Modern accounts connect it with wolves calling in midwinter; the label is now widely used, but it is not one universal historic naming system.
It falls in the heart of northern winter, when a high full Moon can travel a long arc across the UK night sky.
Watching it from the UK. Look east around sunset for the rising Moon, then notice how high it climbs by the middle of the night. A low Moon can look larger or warmer because of perspective and the atmosphere, not because its phase changed.
Moon names come from almanac traditions and differ between sources; the seasons are northern-hemisphere ones. NASA's Moon phase guide.
Full Moon January dates, 2027–2029
| Year | Date and time · Europe/London | Name | Distance | Calendar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | Wolf Moon | 357,635 km · supermoon | All phases | |
| 2028 | Wolf Moon | 360,257 km · supermoon | All phases | |
| 2029 | Wolf Moon | 367,036 km | — |
Other names for the January full Moon
- Popular almanac
- Wolf Moon
- Old English
- After Yule
- Celtic revival
- Quiet Moon