Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Tuesday, December 6 1:30 AM
  • New Moon Wednesday, December 14 12:18 AM
  • First Quarter Tuesday, December 20 11:16 PM
  • Full Moon Wednesday, December 28 12:16 AM Cold Moon

Also in December

  • Hanukkah Saturday, 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

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: December 9–16.

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 2050 January
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
27 Sunday
28 Monday
29 Tuesday
30 Wednesday
1 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 89% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 8:25 PM
Set: 10:02 AM
2 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 82% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 9:24 PM
Set: 10:42 AM
3 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 74% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:23 PM
Set: 11:17 AM
4 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 65% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 11:21 PM
Set: 11:49 AM
5 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 55% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: –
Set: 12:18 PM
6 Tuesday
Last Quarter
1:30 AM
Visible: 46% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 12:17 AM
Set: 12:46 PM
7 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 37% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 1:13 AM
Set: 1:14 PM
8 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 28% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 2:10 AM
Set: 1:42 PM
9 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 20% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 3:07 AM
Set: 2:13 PM
Dark night
10 Saturday
Waning crescent
Hanukkah
Visible: 13% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:05 AM
Set: 2:47 PM
Dark night
11 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 7% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:03 AM
Set: 3:26 PM
Dark night
12 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 3% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:02 AM
Set: 4:10 PM
Dark night
13 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 7:00 AM
Set: 5:00 PM
Dark night
14 Wednesday
New Moon
12:18 AM
Geminids meteor shower
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:55 AM
Set: 5:57 PM
Dark night
15 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 3% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:46 AM
Set: 6:59 PM
Dark night
16 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 7% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:32 AM
Set: 8:05 PM
Dark night
17 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 14% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 10:13 AM
Set: 9:12 PM
18 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 23% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:51 AM
Set: 10:21 PM
19 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 33% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 11:26 AM
Set: 11:29 PM
20 Tuesday
First Quarter
11:16 PM
Visible: 45% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 12:00 PM
Set: –
21 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 56% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 12:35 PM
Set: 12:38 AM
22 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 67% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 1:11 PM
Set: 1:46 AM
23 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 77% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 1:49 PM
Set: 2:54 AM
24 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 86% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 2:32 PM
Set: 4:02 AM
25 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 93% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 3:20 PM
Set: 5:07 AM
26 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 4:13 PM
Set: 6:08 AM
27 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 5:09 PM
Set: 7:04 AM
28 Wednesday
Full Moon
12:16 AM
Cold Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 6:09 PM
Set: 7:54 AM
29 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 7:09 PM
Set: 8:37 AM
30 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 93% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 8:09 PM
Set: 9:15 AM
31 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 88% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 9:08 PM
Set: 9:48 AM