January 1 Full Moon

In 2025, there wasn’t a full moon on January 1st. The next full moon on January 1 will be in 2037. The full moon in January 2025 was on January 13th. For 2026, the January Full Moon will be on January 3rd.

Ready to dive a little deeper into the January 1 Full Moon and the past and future dates? Learn more about the moon’s nicknames and other facts about it.

A full moon occurs when the Earth is between the Sun and the Moon, so the moon looks completely illuminated. It happens about once a month or 29.53 days on average, also called a  synodic month.

The dates and times are set to United States (USA) Eastern Time for states including New York and Florida. Since you may be in a different time zone, the exact dates may shift for your calendar.

Full Moon on January 1st

The January 1 Full Moon is always the first full moon of both the year as well as its Winter Season, which started the prior December. While a New Year’s Day Full Moon isn’t rare, it doesn’t happen every year.

Dates of January 1st Full Moon

From 1900 to 2100 the full moon will occur on January 1 in:

• January 1, 1915 at 7:20 a.m.
• January 1, 1961 at 6:06 p.m.
• January 1, 1999 at 9:50 p.m. (Supermoon)
• January 1, 2018 at 9:24 p.m. (Supermoon)
• January 1, 2037 at 9:35 p.m. (Supermoon)
• January 1, 2048 at 1:57 a.m.
• January 1, 2094 at 11:51 a.m

The January 1st full moon will never be a blue moon but it sets up January to have a blue moon at the end of the month.

When is the next full moon on January 1?

The next full moon on January 1 will be in 2037. The peak of the Full January Moon will be at 9:35 pm EST on January 1st. The moon will look fairly full the day before and after.

When was the last full moon on January 1?

The last full moon on January 1st was in 2018. The Full Moon peaked at 9:24 pm EST.

When is the next New Year’s Day Blood Moon?

The next Blood Moon on January 1st will be 2048. The total lunar eclipse will occur at 1:52 a.m., about five minutes before the peak of the full moon.

When is the next January 1st supermoon?

The next supermoon during a January 1 full moon will be in 2037.

A full supermoon is a full moon that nearly coincides with the closest point at which the Moon comes to Earth in its orbit, called perigee. The moon will have a larger-than-usual appearance. There isn’t an official definition of the exact distance the moon needs to be to be called a supermoon. It’s approximately 360,000 kilometers or closer, depending on the definition.

Names for the January 1 Full Moon 

Aside from being the New Year’s Day Full Moon, the January full moon is commonly referred to as the Full Wolf Moon, named for wolves howling at the moon.

It’s also been referred to as the Ice Moon, Old Moon, Moon After Yule, and Snow Moon. Sometimes full moon names overlap, and the Snow Moon name is commonly used to refer to the February full moon.