Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Wednesday, January 4 11:32 PM
  • New Moon Thursday, January 12 1:59 PM
  • First Quarter Thursday, January 19 7:39 AM
  • Full Moon Thursday, January 26 4:20 PM Wolf Moon

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 58% lit, 5 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 8–15.

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 2051 February
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 81% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:05 PM
Set: 10:19 AM
2 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 73% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 11:02 PM
Set: 10:47 AM
3 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Quadrantids meteor shower
Visible: 64% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 11:58 PM
Set: 11:15 AM
4 Wednesday
Last Quarter
11:32 PM
Visible: 55% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: –
Set: 11:43 AM
5 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 45% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 12:54 AM
Set: 12:13 PM
6 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 36% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 1:51 AM
Set: 12:45 PM
7 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 27% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 2:49 AM
Set: 1:21 PM
8 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 18% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 3:47 AM
Set: 2:01 PM
Dark night
9 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 11% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:45 AM
Set: 2:48 PM
Dark night
10 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 5% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:41 AM
Set: 3:42 PM
Dark night
11 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:35 AM
Set: 4:42 PM
Dark night
12 Thursday
New Moon
1:59 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 7:24 AM
Set: 5:48 PM
Dark night
13 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 8:09 AM
Set: 6:57 PM
Dark night
14 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 5% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:50 AM
Set: 8:07 PM
Dark night
15 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 11% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:27 AM
Set: 9:18 PM
Dark night
16 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 20% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:03 AM
Set: 10:28 PM
17 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 30% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:38 AM
Set: 11:38 PM
18 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 41% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 11:14 AM
Set: –
19 Thursday
First Quarter
7:39 AM
Visible: 52% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 11:51 AM
Set: 12:46 AM
20 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 63% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 12:32 PM
Set: 1:54 AM
21 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 73% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 1:17 PM
Set: 2:59 AM
22 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 82% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 2:07 PM
Set: 4:00 AM
23 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 90% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 3:01 PM
Set: 4:57 AM
24 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 95% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 3:58 PM
Set: 5:48 AM
25 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 4:57 PM
Set: 6:33 AM
26 Thursday
Full Moon
4:20 PM
Wolf Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 5:57 PM
Set: 7:12 AM
27 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 6:56 PM
Set: 7:48 AM
28 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 97% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 7:54 PM
Set: 8:20 AM
29 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 93% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 8:51 PM
Set: 8:49 AM
30 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 87% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 9:47 PM
Set: 9:18 AM
31 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 80% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:43 PM
Set: 9:46 AM
1 Wednesday
2 Thursday
3 Friday
4 Saturday