Dates and Times of the Phases

  • New Moon Thursday, January 8 5:35 PM
  • First Quarter Friday, January 16 9:15 PM
  • Full Moon Friday, January 23 3:09 PM Wolf MoonSupermoon
  • Last Quarter Friday, January 30 10:10 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 21% lit, 9 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 4–12.

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 2054 February
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
28 Sunday
29 Monday
30 Tuesday
31 Wednesday
1 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 43% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 12:51 AM
Set: 12:48 PM
2 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 33% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 1:53 AM
Set: 1:21 PM
3 Saturday
Waning crescent
Quadrantids meteor shower
Visible: 24% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 2:54 AM
Set: 1:56 PM
4 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 16% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 3:53 AM
Set: 2:33 PM
Dark night
5 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 9% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:50 AM
Set: 3:12 PM
Dark night
6 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 5% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:45 AM
Set: 3:55 PM
Dark night
7 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:36 AM
Set: 4:42 PM
Dark night
8 Thursday
New Moon
5:35 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 7:23 AM
Set: 5:32 PM
Dark night
9 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 8:06 AM
Set: 6:24 PM
Dark night
10 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 3% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:45 AM
Set: 7:18 PM
Dark night
11 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 7% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:21 AM
Set: 8:14 PM
Dark night
12 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 12% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:54 AM
Set: 9:10 PM
Dark night
13 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 19% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:25 AM
Set: 10:06 PM
14 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 27% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:55 AM
Set: 11:04 PM
15 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 36% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 11:26 AM
Set: –
16 Friday
First Quarter
9:15 PM
Visible: 46% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 11:57 AM
Set: 12:03 AM
17 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 57% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 12:31 PM
Set: 1:03 AM
18 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 67% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 1:08 PM
Set: 2:06 AM
19 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 77% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 1:51 PM
Set: 3:11 AM
20 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 86% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 2:40 PM
Set: 4:17 AM
21 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 93% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 3:38 PM
Set: 5:22 AM
22 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 98% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 4:43 PM
Set: 6:24 AM
23 Friday
Full Moon
3:09 PM
Wolf Moon
Supermoon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 5:53 PM
Set: 7:21 AM
24 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 7:05 PM
Set: 8:11 AM
25 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 95% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:18 PM
Set: 8:56 AM
26 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 88% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 9:29 PM
Set: 9:36 AM
27 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 80% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:37 PM
Set: 10:13 AM
28 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 70% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 11:43 PM
Set: 10:48 AM
29 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 60% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: –
Set: 11:23 AM
30 Friday
Last Quarter
10:10 AM
Visible: 49% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 12:46 AM
Set: 11:57 AM
31 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 39% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 1:46 AM
Set: 12:34 PM