Question for you sky watchers. Does Australia have this full moon on January 3rd too? The supermoon called the Wolf Moon.

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Saturday in Iowa, Sunday in Australia Jan 4th.  Question I asked does Australia also have this full moon on the Jan 3rd.  Is it called a Wolf Moon to them too?  What have you said?  The answer is yes.  The whole earth is getting the full moon on Jan 3rd.  It shows how vast all of space is with our planet and what a small part of it we are.  High today 26F(-3C) cloudy skies, winds are light.  Still stay warm, stay safe.
 
Australia family and friends for Jan 4th Sunday high of 79F(26C) with cloudy conditions.  Evelyn is telling me that she must be watering as it is getting warmer and the rains are less.  Stay cool, stay safe.   Have you guys noticed the full moon last night and look for it tonight?  Let us know what you see.  Thanks

This is the first Supermoon of 2026 and what I have read is the last till the end of the year.  We had several last year.  I don’t think we will see it here in North Central Iowa because of the clouds.  Let me know if you have seen it tonight?   
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The first Full Moon of 2026 is also a Supermoon! This spectacular sight occurs on the night of Saturday, January 3. Why do we call January’s Moon a Wolf Moon? (It’s not because wolves are hungry.) What makes it a Supermoon? Find out what’s special about this month’s Moon—as well as folklore and best days by the Moon.
January’s Full Wolf Moon reaches peak illumination on Saturday, January 3, 2026, at 5:03 A.M. EST.
Because it is a Supermoon—occurring when the Moon is at perigee, its closest point to Earth—it will appear noticeably larger and brighter than a typical full Moon. Learn more about Supermoons.
At a Full Moon, the Moon is located on the opposite side of the Earth to the Sun, so the face of the Moon facing towards the Earth will be entirely illuminated by the Sun’s rays.
Look for the January Moon to rise from the eastern horizon around sunset that evening. By midnight, the Wolf Moon glows bright and round overhead. By sunrise, it will disappear into the western horizon.
The sunset embers smolder low,
The Moon climbs o’er the hill,
The peaks have caught the alpenglow,
The robin’s song is still.
–John L. Stoddard (1850–1931)
Why Is It Called the Full Wolf Moon?
The Full Moon names used by The Old Farmer’s Almanac come from a number of places, including Native American, Colonial American, and European sources. Traditionally, each Full Moon name was applied to the entire lunar month in which it occurred, not just to the Full Moon itself.
The Wolf Moon
It’s thought that January’s Full Moon came to be known as the Wolf Moon because wolves were more likely to be heard howling at this time. It was traditionally believed that wolves howled due to hunger during winter, but we know today that isn’t accurate.
Howling and other wolf vocalizations are heard in the wintertime to locate pack members, reinforce social bonds, define territory, and coordinate hunting.
Alternative January Moon Names
Another fitting name for this Full Moon is the Center Moon. Used by the Assiniboine people of the Northern Great Plains, it refers to the idea that this Moon roughly marks the middle of the cold season.
Other traditional names for the January Moon emphasize the harsh coldness of the season: Cold Moon (Cree), Frost Exploding Moon (Cree), Freeze Up Moon (Algonquin), and Severe Moon (Dakota). Hard Moon (Dakota) highlights the phenomenon of the fallen snow developing a hard crust.
Canada Goose Moon (Tlingit), Great Moon (Cree), Greetings Moon (Western Abenaki), and Spirit Moon (Ojibwe) have also been recorded as Moon names for this month.
Taken from https://www.almanac.com/content/full-moon-jaunary
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