Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Full Moon Monday, January 6 3:54 AM Wolf Moon
  • Last Quarter Tuesday, January 14 6:27 AM
  • New Moon Tuesday, January 21 3:43 PM
  • First Quarter Tuesday, January 28 7:50 AM

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 94% lit, 0 of 11 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus
  • Lunar New Year Wednesday, January 22 Chinese calendar

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: January 17–24.

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 2042 February
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
29 Sunday
30 Monday
31 Tuesday
1 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 77% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 1:35 PM
Set: 3:05 AM
2 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 86% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 2:08 PM
Set: 4:17 AM
3 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Quadrantids meteor shower
Visible: 92% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 2:48 PM
Set: 5:29 AM
4 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 3:36 PM
Set: 6:37 AM
5 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 4:31 PM
Set: 7:39 AM
6 Monday
Full Moon
3:54 AM
Wolf Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 5:33 PM
Set: 8:31 AM
7 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 6:38 PM
Set: 9:13 AM
8 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 95% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 7:43 PM
Set: 9:48 AM
9 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 89% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 8:46 PM
Set: 10:16 AM
10 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 83% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 9:47 PM
Set: 10:40 AM
11 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 75% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:46 PM
Set: 11:01 AM
12 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 66% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 11:45 PM
Set: 11:21 AM
13 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 57% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: –
Set: 11:41 AM
14 Tuesday
Last Quarter
6:27 AM
Visible: 48% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 12:44 AM
Set: 12:02 PM
15 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 38% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 1:45 AM
Set: 12:25 PM
16 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 29% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 2:49 AM
Set: 12:52 PM
17 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 20% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 3:56 AM
Set: 1:26 PM
Dark night
18 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 12% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 5:04 AM
Set: 2:08 PM
Dark night
19 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 6% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 6:11 AM
Set: 3:02 PM
Dark night
20 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 7:13 AM
Set: 4:08 PM
Dark night
21 Tuesday
New Moon
3:43 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 8:05 AM
Set: 5:22 PM
Dark night
22 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Lunar New Year
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 8:48 AM
Set: 6:41 PM
Dark night
23 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 5% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:24 AM
Set: 8:00 PM
Dark night
24 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 11% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:54 AM
Set: 9:16 PM
Dark night
25 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 20% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:20 AM
Set: 10:31 PM
26 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 30% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:45 AM
Set: 11:44 PM
27 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 41% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 11:10 AM
Set: –
28 Tuesday
First Quarter
7:50 AM
Visible: 52% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 11:38 AM
Set: 12:56 AM
29 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 63% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 12:09 PM
Set: 2:09 AM
30 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 73% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 12:46 PM
Set: 3:20 AM
31 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 82% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 1:31 PM
Set: 4:29 AM
1 Saturday