January’s full moon, the “Wolf Moon,” rose alongside Mars at its brightest, occulting it for a short period as seen from North America. Here are the best images.

The first full moon of 2025 will rise in the sky tonight, and this time it will have a companion. Mars will appear as a reddish dot alongside the Wolf Moon – which is what we call the full moon in January – in a special motivation for anyone who got a telescope for Christmas.

In Boston and surrounding towns, this phenomenon will occur between 9:26 p.m. and 10:42 p.m. (disappearance and reappearance times). While it will be easy to see the moon and Mars early in the evening with the naked eye, watching the actual occultation will require a bit of hardware, say binoculars or a telescope.

The moon performed a cosmic ballet with Mars this week. On Monday evening (Jan. 13), the Full Wolf Moon passed in front of Mars in what's known as a lunar occultation, during which another celestial object appears to disappear behind the moon from our vantage point on Earth.

Here are all the full moons you can expect to see in 2025 after the stunning Wolf Moon was spotted over the US last night.