Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Full Moon Friday, January 4 4:34 AM Wolf Moon
  • Last Quarter Thursday, January 10 10:16 PM
  • New Moon Friday, January 18 7:39 AM
  • First Quarter Saturday, January 26 12:43 PM

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 100% lit, 0 of 11 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus
  • Eid al-Fitr Sunday, January 20 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: January 13–21.

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 2064 February
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
30 Sunday
31 Monday
1 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 91% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 2:30 PM
Set: 5:22 AM
2 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 96% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 3:23 PM
Set: 6:29 AM
3 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Quadrantids meteor shower
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 4:28 PM
Set: 7:30 AM
4 Friday
Full Moon
4:34 AM
Wolf Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 5:41 PM
Set: 8:22 AM
5 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 6:59 PM
Set: 9:05 AM
6 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 93% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 8:16 PM
Set: 9:40 AM
7 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 86% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 9:32 PM
Set: 10:10 AM
8 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 77% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:46 PM
Set: 10:36 AM
9 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 66% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 11:58 PM
Set: 11:01 AM
10 Thursday
Last Quarter
10:16 PM
Visible: 55% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: –
Set: 11:26 AM
11 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 44% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 1:10 AM
Set: 11:54 AM
12 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 33% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 2:23 AM
Set: 12:24 PM
13 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 23% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:35 AM
Set: 1:01 PM
Dark night
14 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 15% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:45 AM
Set: 1:45 PM
Dark night
15 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 8% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 5:49 AM
Set: 2:38 PM
Dark night
16 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 3% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 6:45 AM
Set: 3:38 PM
Dark night
17 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 7:31 AM
Set: 4:42 PM
Dark night
18 Friday
New Moon
7:39 AM
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 8:08 AM
Set: 5:48 PM
Dark night
19 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:39 AM
Set: 6:52 PM
Dark night
20 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Eid al-Fitr
Visible: 4% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:04 AM
Set: 7:54 PM
Dark night
21 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 9% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:26 AM
Set: 8:54 PM
Dark night
22 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 15% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:46 AM
Set: 9:53 PM
23 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 23% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:06 AM
Set: 10:52 PM
24 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 31% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:26 AM
Set: 11:52 PM
25 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 40% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 10:48 AM
Set: –
26 Saturday
First Quarter
12:43 PM
Visible: 50% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 11:13 AM
Set: 12:53 AM
27 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 60% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 11:43 AM
Set: 1:57 AM
28 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 69% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 12:20 PM
Set: 3:03 AM
29 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 78% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 1:06 PM
Set: 4:09 AM
30 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 87% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 2:05 PM
Set: 5:12 AM
31 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 93% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 3:14 PM
Set: 6:08 AM
1 Friday
2 Saturday