Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Full Moon Friday, January 1 7:22 AM Wolf Moon
  • Last Quarter Friday, January 8 4:13 PM
  • New Moon Friday, January 15 9:43 AM
  • First Quarter Saturday, January 23 12:31 AM
  • Full Moon Saturday, January 30 11:42 PM Wolf MoonBlue Moon

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 96% lit, 0 of 11 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus
  • Penumbral lunar eclipse Saturday, January 30, 11:58 PM visible from Columbus

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: January 11–18.

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 1915 February
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
27 Sunday
28 Monday
29 Tuesday
30 Wednesday
31 Thursday
1 Friday
Full Moon
7:22 AM
Wolf Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 5:22 PM
Set: 8:18 AM
2 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Quadrantids meteor shower
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 6:29 PM
Set: 8:59 AM
3 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 95% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 7:37 PM
Set: 9:33 AM
4 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 90% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 8:46 PM
Set: 10:02 AM
5 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 82% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 9:54 PM
Set: 10:28 AM
6 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 73% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 11:03 PM
Set: 10:52 AM
7 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 63% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: –
Set: 11:15 AM
8 Friday
Last Quarter
4:13 PM
Visible: 52% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 12:12 AM
Set: 11:40 AM
9 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 41% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 1:24 AM
Set: 12:07 PM
10 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 30% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 2:39 AM
Set: 12:39 PM
11 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 20% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 3:56 AM
Set: 1:20 PM
Dark night
12 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 11% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 5:12 AM
Set: 2:10 PM
Dark night
13 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 5% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 6:22 AM
Set: 3:13 PM
Dark night
14 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 7:22 AM
Set: 4:24 PM
Dark night
15 Friday
New Moon
9:43 AM
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 8:09 AM
Set: 5:39 PM
Dark night
16 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:47 AM
Set: 6:53 PM
Dark night
17 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 5% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:17 AM
Set: 8:04 PM
Dark night
18 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 11% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:42 AM
Set: 9:10 PM
Dark night
19 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 18% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:04 AM
Set: 10:14 PM
20 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 27% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:25 AM
Set: 11:16 PM
21 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 36% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 10:46 AM
Set: –
22 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 45% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 11:08 AM
Set: 12:17 AM
23 Saturday
First Quarter
12:31 AM
Visible: 55% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 11:33 AM
Set: 1:19 AM
24 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 64% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 12:02 PM
Set: 2:21 AM
25 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 73% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 12:36 PM
Set: 3:23 AM
26 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 81% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 1:19 PM
Set: 4:23 AM
27 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 88% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 2:09 PM
Set: 5:20 AM
28 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 93% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 3:08 PM
Set: 6:11 AM
29 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 98% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 4:14 PM
Set: 6:56 AM
30 Saturday
Full Moon
11:42 PM
Wolf Moon
Blue Moon
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 5:23 PM
Set: 7:33 AM
31 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 6:33 PM
Set: 8:04 AM
1 Monday
2 Tuesday
3 Wednesday
4 Thursday
5 Friday
6 Saturday