Dates and Times of the Phases

  • New Moon Tuesday, January 6 2:18 PM
  • First Quarter Wednesday, January 14 8:20 AM
  • Full Moon Thursday, January 22 4:56 AM Wolf Moon
  • Last Quarter Thursday, January 29 2:40 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 11% lit, 11 of 11 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus
  • Eid al-Fitr Thursday, January 8 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
  • Total lunar eclipse Thursday, January 22, 4:57 AM visible from Columbus

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: January 2–9, January 31.

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 2065 February
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
28 Sunday
29 Monday
30 Tuesday
31 Wednesday
1 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 31% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 2:21 AM
Set: 12:43 PM
2 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 21% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 3:36 AM
Set: 1:21 PM
Dark night
3 Saturday
Waning crescent
Quadrantids meteor shower
Visible: 12% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:51 AM
Set: 2:07 PM
Dark night
4 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 6% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 6:02 AM
Set: 3:03 PM
Dark night
5 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 7:05 AM
Set: 4:08 PM
Dark night
6 Tuesday
New Moon
2:18 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 7:56 AM
Set: 5:19 PM
Dark night
7 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 8:38 AM
Set: 6:30 PM
Dark night
8 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Eid al-Fitr
Visible: 4% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 9:11 AM
Set: 7:40 PM
Dark night
9 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 9% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:39 AM
Set: 8:46 PM
Dark night
10 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 16% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 10:03 AM
Set: 9:49 PM
11 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 24% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:25 AM
Set: 10:50 PM
12 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 33% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:47 AM
Set: 11:50 PM
13 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 42% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 11:09 AM
Set: –
14 Wednesday
First Quarter
8:20 AM
Visible: 51% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 11:32 AM
Set: 12:50 AM
15 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 61% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 11:59 AM
Set: 1:50 AM
16 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 70% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 12:31 PM
Set: 2:51 AM
17 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 78% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 1:09 PM
Set: 3:53 AM
18 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 86% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 1:55 PM
Set: 4:53 AM
19 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 92% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 2:50 PM
Set: 5:48 AM
20 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 3:53 PM
Set: 6:38 AM
21 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 14 days
Rise: 5:01 PM
Set: 7:21 AM
22 Thursday
Full Moon
4:56 AM
Wolf Moon
Total lunar eclipse
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 6:12 PM
Set: 7:58 AM
23 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 7:24 PM
Set: 8:29 AM
24 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 94% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 8:35 PM
Set: 8:57 AM
25 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 87% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 9:47 PM
Set: 9:23 AM
26 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 78% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:59 PM
Set: 9:49 AM
27 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 68% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: –
Set: 10:16 AM
28 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 57% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 12:12 AM
Set: 10:46 AM
29 Thursday
Last Quarter
2:40 AM
Visible: 46% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 1:26 AM
Set: 11:21 AM
30 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 35% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 2:40 AM
Set: 12:03 PM
31 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 24% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:51 AM
Set: 12:54 PM
Dark night