Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Full Moon Friday, January 2 10:43 AM Wolf Moon
  • Last Quarter Saturday, January 10 1:05 AM
  • New Moon Friday, January 16 4:34 PM
  • First Quarter Saturday, January 24 1:35 AM

Also in January

  • Quadrantids meteor shower peak on the night of January 2–3 up to 110 meteors an hour in a dark sky; Moon 99% lit, 0 of 11 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus
  • Islamic New Year 1361 AH Sunday, January 18 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 12–19.

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 1942 February
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
28 Sunday
29 Monday
30 Tuesday
31 Wednesday
1 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 4:54 PM
Set: 6:44 AM
2 Friday
Full Moon
10:43 AM
Wolf Moon
Quadrantids meteor shower
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 5:45 PM
Set: 7:33 AM
3 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 6:39 PM
Set: 8:18 AM
4 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 7:36 PM
Set: 9:00 AM
5 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 91% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 8:35 PM
Set: 9:38 AM
6 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 84% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 9:37 PM
Set: 10:14 AM
7 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 76% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:39 PM
Set: 10:49 AM
8 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 66% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 11:43 PM
Set: 11:22 AM
9 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 56% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: –
Set: 11:56 AM
10 Saturday
Last Quarter
1:05 AM
Visible: 45% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 12:48 AM
Set: 12:31 PM
11 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 34% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 1:55 AM
Set: 1:09 PM
12 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 23% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:03 AM
Set: 1:52 PM
Dark night
13 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 14% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:12 AM
Set: 2:40 PM
Dark night
14 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 7% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:19 AM
Set: 3:35 PM
Dark night
15 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:23 AM
Set: 4:36 PM
Dark night
16 Friday
New Moon
4:34 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 7:20 AM
Set: 5:41 PM
Dark night
17 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 8:11 AM
Set: 6:48 PM
Dark night
18 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Islamic New Year 1361 AH
Visible: 4% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:55 AM
Set: 7:55 PM
Dark night
19 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 10% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:34 AM
Set: 9:01 PM
Dark night
20 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 17% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:09 AM
Set: 10:04 PM
21 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 26% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:41 AM
Set: 11:04 PM
22 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 35% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 11:12 AM
Set: –
23 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 45% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 11:43 AM
Set: 12:03 AM
24 Saturday
First Quarter
1:35 AM
Visible: 54% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 12:15 PM
Set: 1:00 AM
25 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 63% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 12:49 PM
Set: 1:56 AM
26 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 72% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 1:25 PM
Set: 2:51 AM
27 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 80% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 2:05 PM
Set: 3:45 AM
28 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 87% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 2:49 PM
Set: 4:37 AM
29 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 93% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 3:38 PM
Set: 5:27 AM
30 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 4:31 PM
Set: 6:13 AM
31 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 5:27 PM
Set: 6:57 AM