The next and first full moon of the year, also known as the Wolf Moon, will be in peak view on Monday. January's full moon will reach peak illumination at 5:27 p.m. ET on Monday, according to NASA.

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(Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images) As today's full moon—the “Wolf Moon”—rises in the east during dusk, it will begin a countdown to one of our planet's most culturally significant new moons.