Dates and Times of the Phases

  • First Quarter Sunday, January 8 1:20 AM
  • Full Moon Saturday, January 14 5:26 PM Wolf MoonSupermoon
  • Last Quarter Sunday, January 22 1:22 AM
  • New Moon Monday, January 30 4:45 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 7% lit, 11 of 11 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus
  • Islamic New Year 1329 AH Monday, January 2 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
  • Lunar New Year Monday, January 30 Chinese calendar

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: January 1–3, January 24–31.

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 1911 February
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 9:01 AM
Set: 6:05 PM
Dark night
2 Monday
Waxing crescent
Quadrantids meteor shower
Islamic New Year 1329 AH
Visible: 4% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 9:43 AM
Set: 7:08 PM
Dark night
3 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 9% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 10:19 AM
Set: 8:14 PM
Dark night
4 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 15% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 10:49 AM
Set: 9:21 PM
5 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 24% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 11:16 AM
Set: 10:28 PM
6 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 33% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 11:41 AM
Set: 11:35 PM
7 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 44% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 12:05 PM
Set: –
8 Sunday
First Quarter
1:20 AM
Visible: 55% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 12:29 PM
Set: 12:43 AM
9 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 66% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 12:57 PM
Set: 1:54 AM
10 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 77% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 1:29 PM
Set: 3:08 AM
11 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 86% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 2:08 PM
Set: 4:25 AM
12 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 93% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 2:58 PM
Set: 5:43 AM
13 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 98% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 3:58 PM
Set: 6:56 AM
14 Saturday
Full Moon
5:26 PM
Wolf Moon
Supermoon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 5:09 PM
Set: 7:59 AM
15 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 6:23 PM
Set: 8:50 AM
16 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 7:38 PM
Set: 9:31 AM
17 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 90% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 8:49 PM
Set: 10:04 AM
18 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 83% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 9:57 PM
Set: 10:31 AM
19 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 74% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 11:01 PM
Set: 10:55 AM
20 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 65% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: –
Set: 11:17 AM
21 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 55% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 12:03 AM
Set: 11:39 AM
22 Sunday
Last Quarter
1:22 AM
Visible: 46% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 1:04 AM
Set: 12:01 PM
23 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 37% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 2:05 AM
Set: 12:26 PM
24 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 28% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:06 AM
Set: 12:55 PM
Dark night
25 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 20% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:07 AM
Set: 1:29 PM
Dark night
26 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 13% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 5:07 AM
Set: 2:10 PM
Dark night
27 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 7% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 6:04 AM
Set: 2:58 PM
Dark night
28 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 3% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 6:56 AM
Set: 3:55 PM
Dark night
29 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 7:41 AM
Set: 4:57 PM
Dark night
30 Monday
New Moon
4:45 AM
Lunar New Year
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 8:19 AM
Set: 6:04 PM
Dark night
31 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:51 AM
Set: 7:12 PM
Dark night
1 Wednesday
2 Thursday
3 Friday
4 Saturday