Photos: The full Wolf Moon rises around the Bay and the world
Did you howl if you saw the full “Wolf Moon” block Mars on Monday evening?
The first full moon of 2025 rose on Monday, Jan. 13 and, for observers in North America, blocked the planet Mars for around an hour between 8:44 p.m. EST and 00:52 a.m. EST on Tuesday, Jan. 14.
The full moon is called the wolf moon because of the idea that during January’s long, cold and dark nights, wolves make sure everyone can hear them. Like many other moons, it also has other names. Some call it the “Ice Moon,” “Old Moon” or the moon after Yule.
According to astrological experts, the Wolf Moon is great for releasing old patterns, sentimental attachments or core beliefs we’ve been clinging to that no longer serve us.
It’s also a time to consider releasing old grudges or resentments.
The moon rises in its full stage behind “The Guardian”, a bronze, 17 foot statue representation of an American Indian man by Enoch Kelly Haney sitting atop the Oklahoma State Capitol building, Monday, Jan. 13, 2025, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) The full Wolf Moon rises and is framed by the Bay Bridge as seen from San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) The first full Moon of the year, called the Wolf Moon, rises in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Jan.14, 2025. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan) The full moon rises over the Rio de la Plata in Buenos Aires on Jan. 13, 2025. (Photo by LUIS ROBAYO/AFP via Getty Images) The full moon rises behind a tree in Lisbon, Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Armando Franca) The moon rises over trees burned by the Palisades Fire on Jan. 12, 2025 in Pacific Palisades, California. The Palisades Fire has grown to over 22,000 acres and destroyed thousands of homes. The fire is currently 13 percent contained. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) A Cessna on it’s way to Buchanan Field Airport flies in front of the Wolf full moon on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025 in Lafayette, Calif. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group) A man takes pictures as the moons sets over the Taurus region near Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst) The first full Moon of the year, called the Wolf Moon, rises at the Summer Palace in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) The moons sets over fog that drifts over the Taurus region near Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst) A man takes pictures as the moons sets over the Taurus region near Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
