The Moon Today
Tonight is a dark night for stargazing: no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness.
Dates and Times of the Phases
- Last Quarter Sunday, January 7 8:28 AM
- New Moon Sunday, January 14 12:26 PM
- First Quarter Monday, January 22 2:24 PM
- Full Moon Tuesday, January 30 1:05 AM Wolf MoonSupermoon
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 89% lit, 1 of 11 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus
- Partial solar eclipse Sunday, January 14, 12:33 PM visible from Columbus as a partial eclipse, 50.4% of the Sun covered
- Ramadan begins Tuesday, January 16 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: January 9–17.
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).
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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31 Sunday
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1 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 6:38 PM
Set: 8:36 AM
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2 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Quadrantids meteor shower
Visible: 95% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 7:50 PM
Set: 9:14 AM
|
3 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 89% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 9:03 PM
Set: 9:46 AM
|
4 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 81% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:15 PM
Set: 10:16 AM
|
5 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 71% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 11:26 PM
Set: 10:44 AM
|
6 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 60% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: –
Set: 11:12 AM
|
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7 Sunday
Last Quarter
8:28 AM
Visible: 48% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 12:38 AM
Set: 11:42 AM
|
8 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 37% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 1:49 AM
Set: 12:15 PM
|
9 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 27% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:01 AM
Set: 12:54 PM
Dark night
|
10 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 18% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:11 AM
Set: 1:39 PM
Dark night
|
11 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 10% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 5:17 AM
Set: 2:32 PM
Dark night
|
12 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 4% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 6:15 AM
Set: 3:32 PM
Dark night
|
13 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 7:05 AM
Set: 4:36 PM
Dark night
|
|
14 Sunday
New Moon
12:26 PM
Partial solar eclipse
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 7:46 AM
Set: 5:42 PM
Dark night
|
15 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 8:20 AM
Set: 6:47 PM
Dark night
|
16 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Ramadan begins
Visible: 4% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:49 AM
Set: 7:49 PM
Dark night
|
17 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 9% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:15 AM
Set: 8:50 PM
Dark night
|
18 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 15% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:38 AM
Set: 9:49 PM
|
19 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 22% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:01 AM
Set: 10:48 PM
|
20 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 31% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:24 AM
Set: 11:46 PM
|
|
21 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 40% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 10:48 AM
Set: –
|
22 Monday
First Quarter
2:24 PM
Visible: 49% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 11:15 AM
Set: 12:45 AM
|
23 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 59% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 11:47 AM
Set: 1:46 AM
|
24 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 68% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 12:24 PM
Set: 2:47 AM
|
25 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 77% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 1:09 PM
Set: 3:48 AM
|
26 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 85% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 2:03 PM
Set: 4:46 AM
|
27 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 92% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 3:05 PM
Set: 5:40 AM
|
|
28 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 4:15 PM
Set: 6:27 AM
|
29 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 5:28 PM
Set: 7:08 AM
|
30 Tuesday
Full Moon
1:05 AM
Wolf Moon Supermoon
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 6:43 PM
Set: 7:44 AM
|
31 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 97% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 7:57 PM
Set: 8:16 AM
|
1 Thursday
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2 Friday
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3 Saturday
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