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Full moon of January 2026: date, time and sign
The full moon forms on Saturday 3 January at 11:02 (Paris time), Moon in Cancer at 13°02', in the Ardra nakshatra.
Phase
Full moon
Date & time
3 January05:02 New York · 02:02 Los Angeles · 10:02 London
Sign
Cancer13°02' · Ardra
Next full moon
1 Februaryin Leo
What this lunation illuminates
A full moon in Cancer touches your sensitivity, your memory, your need to feel at home, while the Sun in Capricorn holds the course of responsibilities. Emotion asks for its place alongside duty.
Days to take care of yourself without guilt, and to recognise what your heart needs in order to move forward.
The Vedic layer: Ardra
Your Moon moves through Ardra, the storm and the tear that washes clean. You feel strongly, and inner tempests renew you: your path learns that what shakes can also bring back to life.
Where does this full moon fall in your chart?
In your 4th house it speaks of family; in your 10th, of career. Calculate your chart to find out, it's free and instant.
The lunation data
| Body | Position | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Moon | 13°02' Cancer | opposite the Sun, heart of the full moon |
| Sun | 13°02' Capricorn | opposite the Moon |
Frequently asked questions
It forms on Saturday 3 January at 11:02, Paris time, Moon in Cancer at 13°02'.
It forms in Cancer, in the Ardra nakshatra.
The nakshatra is the Vedic division of the sky into 27 sectors, read from the Moon's sidereal position (Lahiri ayanamsa). Here the Moon is in Ardra. The sign itself stays calculated in tropical: this is Elvira's tropical-vedic approach.
These positions are the same for everyone; their personal meaning depends on your chart. You can calculate your free birth chart, or see more clearly in a reading with Elvira.
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