{"id":195827,"date":"2026-01-06T00:03:42","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T00:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wolf-moon-the-first-supermoon-of-2026-lights-up-the-sky-see-photos-usa-today\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T00:03:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T00:03:42","slug":"wolf-moon-the-first-supermoon-of-2026-lights-up-the-sky-see-photos-usa-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wolf-moon-the-first-supermoon-of-2026-lights-up-the-sky-see-photos-usa-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolf Moon, the first supermoon of 2026, lights up the sky. See photos. &#8211; USA Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first full moon of 2026 lit up the night sky, giving backyard astronomers the chance to admire a supermoon over the weekend.<br \/>The first full moon of the year took place on Saturday, Jan. 3, and is known as the Wolf Moon, according to the Farmer&#8217;s Almanac.<br \/>The moon was a supermoon, which typically look about 30% brighter and up to 14% larger. Stargazers won&#8217;t have another opportunity to see a supermoon until the end of the year. There will be one in November and another in December.<br \/>Photographers captured the moon in photos from around the world. Here&#8217;s a look in case you miss the moon over the weekend.<br \/><em>Julia is a Trending reporter for USA TODAY and covers scientific studies and trending news. Connect with her on\u00a0<a href=https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/juliamgomez\/ target=_blank rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=:b|z|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>LinkedIn<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=https:\/\/twitter.com\/JuliaMarieGZ target=_blank rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=:b|z|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>X<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/juliamariegz\/ target=_blank rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=:b|z|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>Instagram<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@juliamariegz target=_blank rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=:b|z|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>TikTok<\/a>: @juliamariegz, or email her at jgomez@gannett.com<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqAFBVV95cUxNc3NOOFVuQnZkdTJlT3JFeDMtNmxLVFhyQ3RnNnJnaGd2QzN4eXZpMGNwTmU2OFo2ZXEteDhadGtORGpBQml0UWhFMkc5TWRBZWlLMnhYUVJZZ19NWFBDZHJvcDFaZ2tkOFZ6Y3I1Wmk5Wld4aTd1MFpWazBTNTZrNmI4cHRSMHhobVFyN0U5REdHU3luck1SUmI5dUg2ZUZZTFZDRzV4ZGY?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first full moon of 2026 lit up the night sky, giving backyard astronomers the chance to admire a supermoon over the weekend.The first full moon of the year took place on Saturday, Jan. 3, and is known as the Wolf Moon, according to the Farmer&#8217;s Almanac.The moon was a supermoon, which typically look about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":195828,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-195827","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}