Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Full Moon Wednesday, January 1 1:59 AM Wolf Moon
  • Last Quarter Wednesday, January 8 1:50 PM
  • New Moon Wednesday, January 15 6:35 AM
  • First Quarter Wednesday, January 22 4:58 PM
  • Full Moon Thursday, January 30 7:17 PM Wolf MoonBlue Moon

Also in January

  • Total lunar eclipse Wednesday, January 1, 1:52 AM visible from Columbus
  • Quadrantids meteor shower peak on the night of January 3–4 up to 110 meteors an hour in a dark sky; Moon 90% lit, 1 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 2, January 11–17.

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).

December January 2048 February
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
29 Sunday
30 Monday
31 Tuesday
1 Wednesday
Full Moon
1:59 AM
Wolf Moon
Total lunar eclipse
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 5:52 PM
Set: 8:07 AM
2 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 6:55 PM
Set: 8:43 AM
Dark night
3 Friday
Waning gibbous
Quadrantids meteor shower
Visible: 94% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 7:59 PM
Set: 9:16 AM
4 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 89% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 9:04 PM
Set: 9:45 AM
5 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 81% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:09 PM
Set: 10:12 AM
6 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 72% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 11:15 PM
Set: 10:38 AM
7 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 62% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: –
Set: 11:05 AM
8 Wednesday
Last Quarter
1:50 PM
Visible: 51% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 12:23 AM
Set: 11:35 AM
9 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 40% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 1:33 AM
Set: 12:08 PM
10 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 29% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 2:46 AM
Set: 12:47 PM
11 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 19% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 3:59 AM
Set: 1:34 PM
Dark night
12 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 10% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 5:09 AM
Set: 2:32 PM
Dark night
13 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 4% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 6:13 AM
Set: 3:38 PM
Dark night
14 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 7:07 AM
Set: 4:50 PM
Dark night
15 Wednesday
New Moon
6:35 AM
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:52 AM
Set: 6:04 PM
Dark night
16 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:29 AM
Set: 7:16 PM
Dark night
17 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 6% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:01 AM
Set: 8:25 PM
Dark night
18 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 13% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:29 AM
Set: 9:31 PM
19 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 20% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 9:55 AM
Set: 10:35 PM
20 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 29% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:20 AM
Set: 11:37 PM
21 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 38% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 10:46 AM
Set: –
22 Wednesday
First Quarter
4:58 PM
Visible: 48% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 11:14 AM
Set: 12:38 AM
23 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 57% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 11:45 AM
Set: 1:38 AM
24 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 66% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 12:20 PM
Set: 2:37 AM
25 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 75% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 1:01 PM
Set: 3:34 AM
26 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 83% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 1:49 PM
Set: 4:28 AM
27 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 89% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 2:42 PM
Set: 5:18 AM
28 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 95% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 3:41 PM
Set: 6:03 AM
29 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 98% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 4:43 PM
Set: 6:42 AM
30 Thursday
Full Moon
7:17 PM
Wolf Moon
Blue Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 5:48 PM
Set: 7:17 AM
31 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 6:54 PM
Set: 7:48 AM
1 Saturday