Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Full Moon Sunday, January 4 11:54 PM Wolf Moon
  • Last Quarter Tuesday, January 13 4:49 AM
  • New Moon Tuesday, January 20 8:15 AM
  • First Quarter Monday, January 26 11:50 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 99% lit, 0 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 16–22.

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 2015 February
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
28 Sunday
29 Monday
30 Tuesday
31 Wednesday
1 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 88% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 2:50 PM
Set: 4:21 AM
2 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 94% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 3:36 PM
Set: 5:20 AM
3 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Quadrantids meteor shower
Visible: 98% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 4:26 PM
Set: 6:15 AM
4 Sunday
Full Moon
11:54 PM
Wolf Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 5:19 PM
Set: 7:05 AM
5 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 6:14 PM
Set: 7:50 AM
6 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 7:10 PM
Set: 8:30 AM
7 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 94% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 8:06 PM
Set: 9:07 AM
8 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 89% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 9:02 PM
Set: 9:39 AM
9 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 82% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 9:58 PM
Set: 10:10 AM
10 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 75% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:54 PM
Set: 10:39 AM
11 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 66% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 11:50 PM
Set: 11:08 AM
12 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 57% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: –
Set: 11:38 AM
13 Tuesday
Last Quarter
4:49 AM
Visible: 47% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 12:46 AM
Set: 12:09 PM
14 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 37% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 1:45 AM
Set: 12:44 PM
15 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 28% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 2:44 AM
Set: 1:22 PM
16 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 19% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 3:45 AM
Set: 2:07 PM
Dark night
17 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 11% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:46 AM
Set: 2:58 PM
Dark night
18 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 5% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:45 AM
Set: 3:57 PM
Dark night
19 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:41 AM
Set: 5:02 PM
Dark night
20 Tuesday
New Moon
8:15 AM
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:32 AM
Set: 6:12 PM
Dark night
21 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:18 AM
Set: 7:25 PM
Dark night
22 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 7% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:00 AM
Set: 8:37 PM
Dark night
23 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 14% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:39 AM
Set: 9:49 PM
24 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 23% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:16 AM
Set: 10:58 PM
25 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 34% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:53 AM
Set: –
26 Monday
First Quarter
11:50 PM
Visible: 45% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 11:30 AM
Set: 12:06 AM
27 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 55% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 12:09 PM
Set: 1:12 AM
28 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 66% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 12:50 PM
Set: 2:15 AM
29 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 75% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 1:35 PM
Set: 3:14 AM
30 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 84% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 2:23 PM
Set: 4:10 AM
31 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 90% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 3:14 PM
Set: 5:01 AM