The figures
At 22:27 UTC on Monday, January 13, 2025 the Moon reaches 23°00' Cancer with the Sun opposite at 23°00' Capricorn. The distance is 381,413 km, 2,987 km closer than the 384,400 km average — near enough to the mean that the apparent size is unremarkable. The degree, 23°00' Cancer, places it in the third decan of Cancer, on the axis that runs across to Capricorn. It is the 1st of the 24 lunations dated for 2025, and the cycle it belongs to is set out in what a lunation is.
Exact time where you are
That instant — 22:27 UTC on January 13, 2025 — is one moment worldwide, and only the clock reading changes, with summer time applied wherever the local rule puts the date inside it.
| City | Local time | Local date |
|---|---|---|
| New York | 17:27 | 13 January |
| Los Angeles | 14:27 | 13 January |
| London | 22:27 | 13 January |
| Delhi | 03:57 the next day | 14 January |
| Sydney | 09:27 the next day | 14 January |
| Istanbul | 01:27 the next day | 14 January |
Why it is called the Wolf Moon
The Wolf Moon is the traditional North American and European name for the full Moon of January, and in 2025 it falls on January 13, 2025 at 23°00' Cancer. Those names follow the calendar month rather than the zodiac, which is why the 2025 one lands in Cancer at 23°00' Cancer while other years put it elsewhere.
Which house it falls in for your sign
Counted from each sign as the first house, this full moon at 23°00' Cancer falls here:
| Sign | House | What that house covers |
|---|---|---|
| Aries | 4th house | home, family, roots and private ground |
| Taurus | 3rd house | conversation, short trips, siblings and daily information |
| Gemini | 2nd house | money, possessions and what you consider yours |
| Cancer | 1st house | your own bearing, appearance and the first move |
| Leo | 12th house | rest, solitude, what is behind you and what runs unattended |
| Virgo | 11th house | friends, groups, networks and what you are aiming at |
| Libra | 10th house | career, public standing and what you are known for |
| Scorpio | 9th house | distance, study, belief, travel and the long view |
| Sagittarius | 8th house | shared money, debt, intimacy and what is not said out loud |
| Capricorn | 7th house | partners, opponents and anyone you deal with one to one |
| Aquarius | 6th house | work, routine, health and the small maintenance of a life |
| Pisces | 5th house | play, romance, children and anything you make for its own sake |
A full moon in Cancer
Anything within a couple of degrees of 23°00' Cancer in a natal chart is contacted directly by this one, and so is anything near the same degree of Capricorn, Libra or Aries, since those are the other three corners of the same cross.
What the full moon of January 13, 2025 marks is a position rather than an event: 23°00' Cancer, in the third decan, with the Sun at 23°00' Capricorn. The house it occupies in your own chart matters more than the sign name, and the table above gives that house for 23°00' Cancer, sign by sign.
Where this one sits in the cycle
The lunation before this one fell 14 days earlier and the next follows 16 days after January 13, 2025.
- Before it: the new moon of December 30, 2024
- After it: the new moon of January 29, 2025
Questions people ask about this
What time is the full moon on January 13, 2025?
22:27 UTC on January 13, 2025; the table above converts that single instant to six local clocks.
What sign is this full moon in?
23°00' Cancer — the third decan. The chart reading for January 13, 2025 works from that degree rather than from the sign name on its own.
Is this a supermoon?
No: 381,413 km, which is 2,987 km off the average and not near enough to perigee to qualify.
Does a full moon cause anything?
No. On January 13, 2025 the Moon simply reaches 23°00' Cancer; what the chart gives is a position and a house, not an event.