The Moon Today
Tonight is a dark night for stargazing: no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness.
Dates and Times of the Phases
- Last Quarter Monday, January 6 8:10 PM
- New Moon Monday, January 13 10:59 PM
- First Quarter Monday, January 20 1:53 PM
- Full Moon Tuesday, January 28 10:13 AM Wolf MoonMicromoon
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 75% lit, 3 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 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).
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
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29 Sunday
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30 Monday
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31 Tuesday
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1 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 93% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 7:56 PM
Set: 10:08 AM
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2 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 87% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 8:57 PM
Set: 10:39 AM
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3 Friday
Waning gibbous
Quadrantids meteor shower
Visible: 80% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 9:57 PM
Set: 11:06 AM
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4 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 72% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 10:56 PM
Set: 11:31 AM
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5 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 63% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 11:55 PM
Set: 11:53 AM
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6 Monday
Last Quarter
8:10 PM
Visible: 53% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: –
Set: 12:15 PM
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7 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 44% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 12:55 AM
Set: 12:38 PM
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8 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 34% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 1:58 AM
Set: 1:03 PM
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9 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 24% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:03 AM
Set: 1:32 PM
Dark night
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10 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 16% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:13 AM
Set: 2:07 PM
Dark night
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11 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 8% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 5:24 AM
Set: 2:51 PM
Dark night
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12 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 3% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 6:35 AM
Set: 3:46 PM
Dark night
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13 Monday
New Moon
10:59 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 7:41 AM
Set: 4:53 PM
Dark night
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14 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 8:38 AM
Set: 6:08 PM
Dark night
|
15 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 4% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 9:26 AM
Set: 7:27 PM
Dark night
|
16 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 9% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 10:04 AM
Set: 8:45 PM
Dark night
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17 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 18% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:36 AM
Set: 10:01 PM
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18 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 27% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 11:05 AM
Set: 11:13 PM
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19 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 38% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 11:31 AM
Set: –
|
20 Monday
First Quarter
1:53 PM
Visible: 49% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 11:58 AM
Set: 12:23 AM
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21 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 60% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 12:25 PM
Set: 1:31 AM
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22 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 70% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 12:56 PM
Set: 2:39 AM
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23 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 79% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 1:31 PM
Set: 3:45 AM
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24 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 86% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 2:11 PM
Set: 4:49 AM
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25 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 92% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 2:58 PM
Set: 5:48 AM
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26 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 3:51 PM
Set: 6:42 AM
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27 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 4:48 PM
Set: 7:28 AM
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28 Tuesday
Full Moon
10:13 AM
Wolf Moon Micromoon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 5:48 PM
Set: 8:08 AM
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29 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 6:48 PM
Set: 8:41 AM
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30 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 7:48 PM
Set: 9:09 AM
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31 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 92% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 8:48 PM
Set: 9:34 AM
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1 Saturday
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