Moon calendar

Moon phases in January 2030

The full moon falls on 19 January 2030.

Phases

New moon4 January 2030 at 02:50 UTC368,449 km away
First quarter11 January 2030 at 14:06 UTC402,596 km away
Full moon19 January 2030 at 15:54 UTC387,798 km away
Last quarter26 January 2030 at 18:14 UTC370,535 km away

Perigee and apogee

Event	Date and time (UTC)	Distance
Perigee	1 January 2030 at 15:33	364,239 km
Apogee	13 January 2030 at 08:50	404,634 km
Perigee	28 January 2030 at 15:58	369,534 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.