Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Saturday, December 6 10:22 PM
  • New Moon Sunday, December 14 4:06 AM
  • First Quarter Saturday, December 20 7:02 PM
  • Full Moon Sunday, December 28 12:34 PM Cold Moon

Also in December

  • Hanukkah Wednesday, December 10 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 0% lit, 11 of 11 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus
  • Ramadan begins Monday, December 15 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: December 10–16.

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).

November December 2031 January
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
30 Sunday
1 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 93% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 7:43 PM
Set: 9:35 AM
2 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 87% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 8:39 PM
Set: 10:15 AM
3 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 80% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 9:35 PM
Set: 10:50 AM
4 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 72% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:31 PM
Set: 11:22 AM
5 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 64% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 11:28 PM
Set: 11:51 AM
6 Saturday
Last Quarter
10:22 PM
Visible: 54% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: –
Set: 12:19 PM
7 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 44% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 12:26 AM
Set: 12:48 PM
8 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 35% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 1:25 AM
Set: 1:17 PM
9 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 25% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 2:25 AM
Set: 1:48 PM
10 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Hanukkah
Visible: 17% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 3:29 AM
Set: 2:23 PM
Dark night
11 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 9% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:34 AM
Set: 3:03 PM
Dark night
12 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 4% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:41 AM
Set: 3:51 PM
Dark night
13 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:47 AM
Set: 4:46 PM
Dark night
14 Sunday
New Moon
4:06 AM
Geminids meteor shower
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:50 AM
Set: 5:49 PM
Dark night
15 Monday
Waxing crescent
Ramadan begins
Visible: 3% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:46 AM
Set: 6:59 PM
Dark night
16 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 8% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:36 AM
Set: 8:11 PM
Dark night
17 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 15% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 10:19 AM
Set: 9:23 PM
18 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 25% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:58 AM
Set: 10:34 PM
19 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 35% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 11:32 AM
Set: 11:43 PM
20 Saturday
First Quarter
7:02 PM
Visible: 47% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 12:05 PM
Set: –
21 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 57% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 12:38 PM
Set: 12:49 AM
22 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 68% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 1:11 PM
Set: 1:54 AM
23 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 77% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 1:46 PM
Set: 2:58 AM
24 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 85% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 2:24 PM
Set: 3:59 AM
25 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 92% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 3:06 PM
Set: 4:59 AM
26 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 96% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 3:52 PM
Set: 5:54 AM
27 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 4:42 PM
Set: 6:46 AM
28 Sunday
Full Moon
12:34 PM
Cold Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 5:35 PM
Set: 7:32 AM
29 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 6:30 PM
Set: 8:14 AM
30 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 7:27 PM
Set: 8:50 AM
31 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 92% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 8:23 PM
Set: 9:24 AM
1 Thursday
2 Friday
3 Saturday