Dates and Times of the Phases

  • First Quarter Monday, January 6 6:58 PM
  • Full Moon Monday, January 13 5:28 PM Wolf Moon
  • Last Quarter Tuesday, January 21 3:32 PM
  • New Moon Wednesday, January 29 7:37 AM

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 16% lit, 10 of 11 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus
  • Lunar New Year Wednesday, January 29 Chinese calendar

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: January 1–2, January 24–31.

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 2025 February
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
29 Sunday
30 Monday
31 Tuesday
1 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 4% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 9:36 AM
Set: 7:08 PM
Dark night
2 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Quadrantids meteor shower
Visible: 9% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 10:10 AM
Set: 8:21 PM
Dark night
3 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 16% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 10:39 AM
Set: 9:34 PM
4 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 25% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 11:04 AM
Set: 10:45 PM
5 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 36% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 11:28 AM
Set: 11:57 PM
6 Monday
First Quarter
6:58 PM
Visible: 47% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 11:52 AM
Set: –
7 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 58% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 12:17 PM
Set: 1:09 AM
8 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 69% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 12:46 PM
Set: 2:23 AM
9 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 79% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 1:21 PM
Set: 3:39 AM
10 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 88% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 2:04 PM
Set: 4:55 AM
11 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 94% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 2:57 PM
Set: 6:07 AM
12 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 98% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 4:00 PM
Set: 7:10 AM
13 Monday
Full Moon
5:28 PM
Wolf Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 5:09 PM
Set: 8:02 AM
14 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 6:19 PM
Set: 8:44 AM
15 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 97% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 7:28 PM
Set: 9:17 AM
16 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 92% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 8:34 PM
Set: 9:43 AM
17 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 86% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 9:37 PM
Set: 10:06 AM
18 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 78% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:38 PM
Set: 10:26 AM
19 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 70% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 11:37 PM
Set: 10:46 AM
20 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 61% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: –
Set: 11:05 AM
21 Tuesday
Last Quarter
3:32 PM
Visible: 51% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 12:37 AM
Set: 11:26 AM
22 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 42% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 1:38 AM
Set: 11:50 AM
23 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 33% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 2:41 AM
Set: 12:19 PM
24 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 24% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:46 AM
Set: 12:54 PM
Dark night
25 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 16% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:50 AM
Set: 1:38 PM
Dark night
26 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 9% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 5:50 AM
Set: 2:32 PM
Dark night
27 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 4% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 6:44 AM
Set: 3:36 PM
Dark night
28 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 7:30 AM
Set: 4:48 PM
Dark night
29 Wednesday
New Moon
7:37 AM
Lunar New Year
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 8:08 AM
Set: 6:03 PM
Dark night
30 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:40 AM
Set: 7:18 PM
Dark night
31 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 6% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:07 AM
Set: 8:33 PM
Dark night
1 Saturday