Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Full Moon Saturday, January 3 5:04 AM Wolf MoonSupermoon
  • Last Quarter Saturday, January 10 10:49 AM
  • New Moon Sunday, January 18 2:53 PM
  • First Quarter Sunday, January 25 11:48 PM

Also in January

  • Quadrantids meteor shower peak on the night of January 3–4 up to 110 meteors an hour in a dark sky; Moon 100% lit, 0 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 13–21.

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 2026 February
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
28 Sunday
29 Monday
30 Tuesday
31 Wednesday
1 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 96% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 3:13 PM
Set: 6:17 AM
2 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 4:21 PM
Set: 7:27 AM
3 Saturday
Full Moon
5:04 AM
Wolf Moon
Supermoon
Quadrantids meteor shower
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 5:36 PM
Set: 8:26 AM
4 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 6:54 PM
Set: 9:12 AM
5 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 93% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 8:10 PM
Set: 9:48 AM
6 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 86% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 9:21 PM
Set: 10:16 AM
7 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 78% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:28 PM
Set: 10:40 AM
8 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 69% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 11:32 PM
Set: 11:02 AM
9 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 59% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: –
Set: 11:23 AM
10 Saturday
Last Quarter
10:49 AM
Visible: 50% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 12:34 AM
Set: 11:44 AM
11 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 40% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 1:36 AM
Set: 12:07 PM
12 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 31% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 2:38 AM
Set: 12:33 PM
13 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 23% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:41 AM
Set: 1:04 PM
Dark night
14 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 15% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:42 AM
Set: 1:41 PM
Dark night
15 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 9% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 5:42 AM
Set: 2:26 PM
Dark night
16 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 4% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 6:36 AM
Set: 3:20 PM
Dark night
17 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 7:23 AM
Set: 4:20 PM
Dark night
18 Sunday
New Moon
2:53 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 8:03 AM
Set: 5:25 PM
Dark night
19 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 8:36 AM
Set: 6:32 PM
Dark night
20 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 4% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 9:04 AM
Set: 7:40 PM
Dark night
21 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 8% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:29 AM
Set: 8:47 PM
Dark night
22 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 15% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:52 AM
Set: 9:54 PM
23 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 24% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:14 AM
Set: 11:02 PM
24 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 34% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:37 AM
Set: –
25 Sunday
First Quarter
11:48 PM
Visible: 45% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 11:03 AM
Set: 12:12 AM
26 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 56% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 11:34 AM
Set: 1:26 AM
27 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 67% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 12:12 PM
Set: 2:42 AM
28 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 77% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 1:00 PM
Set: 3:58 AM
29 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 86% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 2:00 PM
Set: 5:09 AM
30 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 93% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 3:10 PM
Set: 6:12 AM
31 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 98% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 4:27 PM
Set: 7:02 AM