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 Saturday, January 8 12:03 PM
- New Moon Saturday, January 15 6:18 AM
- First Quarter Saturday, January 22 1:18 AM
- Full Moon Sunday, January 30 5:31 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 88% lit, 2 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 11–17, 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).
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
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26 Sunday
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27 Monday
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28 Tuesday
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29 Wednesday
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30 Thursday
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31 Friday
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1 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 6:32 PM
Set: 8:28 AM
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2 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 7:31 PM
Set: 9:00 AM
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3 Monday
Waning gibbous
Quadrantids meteor shower
Visible: 92% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 8:30 PM
Set: 9:29 AM
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4 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 86% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 9:29 PM
Set: 9:55 AM
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5 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 78% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:28 PM
Set: 10:20 AM
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6 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 70% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 11:28 PM
Set: 10:44 AM
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7 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 60% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: –
Set: 11:10 AM
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8 Saturday
Last Quarter
12:03 PM
Visible: 50% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 12:31 AM
Set: 11:37 AM
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9 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 40% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 1:36 AM
Set: 12:09 PM
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10 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 29% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 2:43 AM
Set: 12:47 PM
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11 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 19% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 3:53 AM
Set: 1:33 PM
Dark night
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12 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 11% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 5:01 AM
Set: 2:30 PM
Dark night
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13 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 5% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 6:05 AM
Set: 3:36 PM
Dark night
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14 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 7:02 AM
Set: 4:51 PM
Dark night
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15 Saturday
New Moon
6:18 AM
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:50 AM
Set: 6:09 PM
Dark night
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16 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:30 AM
Set: 7:26 PM
Dark night
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17 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 7% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:05 AM
Set: 8:42 PM
Dark night
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18 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 15% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:36 AM
Set: 9:54 PM
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19 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 24% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:05 AM
Set: 11:03 PM
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20 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 34% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:34 AM
Set: –
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21 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 44% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 11:04 AM
Set: 12:10 AM
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22 Saturday
First Quarter
1:18 AM
Visible: 54% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 11:37 AM
Set: 1:16 AM
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23 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 64% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 12:14 PM
Set: 2:19 AM
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24 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 73% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 12:55 PM
Set: 3:19 AM
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25 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 81% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 1:41 PM
Set: 4:15 AM
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26 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 88% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 2:32 PM
Set: 5:05 AM
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27 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 93% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 3:27 PM
Set: 5:50 AM
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28 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 4:25 PM
Set: 6:29 AM
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29 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 5:24 PM
Set: 7:03 AM
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30 Sunday
Full Moon
5:31 AM
Wolf Moon Micromoon
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 6:23 PM
Set: 7:33 AM
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31 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 7:22 PM
Set: 8:00 AM
Dark night
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1 Tuesday
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2 Wednesday
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3 Thursday
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4 Friday
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5 Saturday
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