Daily lunar detail

January 2060 Moon Calendar

The month opens with a Waning Crescent and closes with a Waning Crescent. It contains 4 exact major phase events.

Icons use the common Northern Hemisphere convention: waxing light on the right, waning light on the left. Your sky may appear rotated at other latitudes.

New MoonJanuary 3, 2060 at 4:40 PM UTC
First QuarterJanuary 10, 2060 at 12:52 PM UTC
Full MoonJanuary 17, 2060 at 5:14 PM UTC
Last QuarterJanuary 25, 2060 at 7:14 PM UTC

The lunar story of January 2060

New Moon occurs January 3, 2060. Full Moon occurs January 17, 2060. The first major event is New Moon on January 3, 2060, and the month progresses from 6% to 4% illumination at noon UTC on its boundary dates.

Choosing a day

Select any Moon to open its precise phase angle, illuminated fraction, elapsed age since New Moon, trend, and neighboring event. Date result pages remain shareable but are excluded from search indexing.

Questions, answered

Frequently asked questions

What time are daily phases calculated?

12:00 UTC, chosen deliberately to keep date-only selections stable worldwide.

Why can a local phase event fall on another date?

An event near 00:00 UTC may occur on the previous local date west of Greenwich or the next local date east of it.

Do the icons show sky orientation?

They use a Northern Hemisphere convention; actual orientation rotates with latitude and viewing angle.