Moon calendar

Moon phases in January 2028

The full moon falls on 12 January 2028.

Phases

First quarter5 January 2028 at 01:41 UTC396,925 km away
Full moon12 January 2028 at 04:03 UTC360,257 km away
Last quarter18 January 2028 at 19:26 UTC378,429 km away
New moon26 January 2028 at 15:13 UTC405,015 km away

Perigee and apogee

Event	Date and time (UTC)	Distance
Apogee	1 January 2028 at 03:52	405,621 km
Perigee	13 January 2028 at 07:45	359,036 km
Apogee	28 January 2028 at 15:30	406,377 km

The Moon's distance varies by more than 40,000 km over a month. At perigee the disc appears about 14% wider than at apogee — a difference that is obvious in a photograph and almost impossible to judge by eye, since there is nothing in the sky to compare it to.

Times from an ELP-derived lunar theory, accurate to within one arcminute. Watch the phase change in the live simulation. A new moon is when a solar eclipse becomes possible; a full moon, a lunar one.