Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Tuesday, December 5 12:52 AM
  • New Moon Tuesday, December 12 6:32 PM
  • First Quarter Tuesday, December 19 1:40 PM
  • Full Moon Tuesday, December 26 7:34 PM Cold Moon

Also in December

  • Hanukkah Friday, December 8 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Geminids meteor shower peak on the night of December 14–15 up to 150 meteors an hour in a dark sky; Moon 4% lit, 11 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: December 8–15.

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).

November December 2023 January
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
26 Sunday
27 Monday
28 Tuesday
29 Wednesday
30 Thursday
1 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 81% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 8:58 PM
Set: 11:37 AM
2 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 73% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:01 PM
Set: 12:11 PM
3 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 64% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 11:03 PM
Set: 12:38 PM
4 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 55% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: –
Set: 1:01 PM
5 Tuesday
Last Quarter
12:52 AM
Visible: 46% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 12:04 AM
Set: 1:22 PM
6 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 36% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 1:04 AM
Set: 1:42 PM
7 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 27% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 2:03 AM
Set: 2:02 PM
8 Friday
Waning crescent
Hanukkah
Visible: 19% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 3:05 AM
Set: 2:23 PM
Dark night
9 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 12% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:08 AM
Set: 2:47 PM
Dark night
10 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 6% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:16 AM
Set: 3:16 PM
Dark night
11 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:26 AM
Set: 3:51 PM
Dark night
12 Tuesday
New Moon
6:32 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 7:38 AM
Set: 4:37 PM
Dark night
13 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 8:46 AM
Set: 5:34 PM
Dark night
14 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Geminids meteor shower
Visible: 4% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 9:47 AM
Set: 6:42 PM
Dark night
15 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 9% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 10:38 AM
Set: 7:57 PM
Dark night
16 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 17% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 11:19 AM
Set: 9:14 PM
17 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 27% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 11:51 AM
Set: 10:30 PM
18 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 38% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 12:19 PM
Set: 11:44 PM
19 Tuesday
First Quarter
1:40 PM
Visible: 49% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 12:44 PM
Set: –
20 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 60% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 1:08 PM
Set: 12:55 AM
21 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 71% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 1:32 PM
Set: 2:06 AM
22 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 80% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 1:58 PM
Set: 3:17 AM
23 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 88% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 2:29 PM
Set: 4:29 AM
24 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 94% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 3:05 PM
Set: 5:40 AM
25 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 98% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 3:49 PM
Set: 6:49 AM
26 Tuesday
Full Moon
7:34 PM
Cold Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 4:41 PM
Set: 7:52 AM
27 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 5:40 PM
Set: 8:47 AM
28 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 97% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 6:43 PM
Set: 9:32 AM
29 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 93% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 7:48 PM
Set: 10:09 AM
30 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 87% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 8:51 PM
Set: 10:38 AM
31 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 80% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 9:52 PM
Set: 11:03 AM
1 Monday
2 Tuesday
3 Wednesday
4 Thursday
5 Friday
6 Saturday