Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Wednesday, January 6 4:39 AM
  • New Moon Wednesday, January 13 12:03 AM
  • First Quarter Wednesday, January 20 4:04 PM
  • Full Moon Thursday, January 28 2:19 PM Wolf Moon

Also in January

  • Quadrantids meteor shower peak on the night of January 2–3 up to 110 meteors an hour in a dark sky; Moon 79% lit, 2 of 11 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: January 8–16.

Times are in Columbus time (America/New York), and moonrise and moonset are for Columbus. Each day's Moon is turned as it is in the sky of Columbus when it is highest that night (near the New Moon, that day).

December January 2021 February
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
27 Sunday
28 Monday
29 Tuesday
30 Wednesday
31 Thursday
1 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 93% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 7:55 PM
Set: 10:00 AM
2 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Quadrantids meteor shower
Visible: 87% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 9:03 PM
Set: 10:38 AM
3 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 78% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:12 PM
Set: 11:11 AM
4 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 69% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 11:21 PM
Set: 11:40 AM
5 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 58% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: –
Set: 12:08 PM
6 Wednesday
Last Quarter
4:39 AM
Visible: 47% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 12:31 AM
Set: 12:36 PM
7 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 35% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 1:41 AM
Set: 1:05 PM
8 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 25% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 2:54 AM
Set: 1:38 PM
Dark night
9 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 15% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:07 AM
Set: 2:15 PM
Dark night
10 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 8% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 5:21 AM
Set: 3:00 PM
Dark night
11 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 3% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 6:32 AM
Set: 3:53 PM
Dark night
12 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 7:36 AM
Set: 4:55 PM
Dark night
13 Wednesday
New Moon
12:03 AM
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 8:30 AM
Set: 6:01 PM
Dark night
14 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 3% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 9:15 AM
Set: 7:09 PM
Dark night
15 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 7% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:52 AM
Set: 8:17 PM
Dark night
16 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 14% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 10:23 AM
Set: 9:21 PM
Dark night
17 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 21% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:49 AM
Set: 10:23 PM
18 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 30% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 11:14 AM
Set: 11:23 PM
19 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 39% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 11:37 AM
Set: –
20 Wednesday
First Quarter
4:04 PM
Visible: 48% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 12:00 PM
Set: 12:22 AM
21 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 58% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 12:25 PM
Set: 1:20 AM
22 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 67% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 12:52 PM
Set: 2:19 AM
23 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 75% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 1:23 PM
Set: 3:19 AM
24 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 83% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 2:00 PM
Set: 4:20 AM
25 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 90% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 2:44 PM
Set: 5:20 AM
26 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 95% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 3:36 PM
Set: 6:17 AM
27 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 4:35 PM
Set: 7:09 AM
28 Thursday
Full Moon
2:19 PM
Wolf Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 5:41 PM
Set: 7:56 AM
29 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 6:51 PM
Set: 8:36 AM
30 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:01 PM
Set: 9:11 AM
31 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 90% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 9:12 PM
Set: 9:43 AM
1 Monday
2 Tuesday
3 Wednesday
4 Thursday
5 Friday
6 Saturday