Dates and Times of the Phases

  • New Moon Saturday, January 5 12:20 AM
  • First Quarter Friday, January 11 3:55 PM
  • Full Moon Saturday, January 19 10:44 AM Wolf Moon
  • Last Quarter Sunday, January 27 2:59 PM

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 4% lit, 11 of 11 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus
  • Partial solar eclipse Saturday, January 5, 12:35 AM not visible from Columbus
  • Eid al-Fitr Sunday, January 6 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
  • Total lunar eclipse Saturday, January 19, 10:47 AM not visible from Columbus

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: January 1–7, January 29–31.

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 1935 February
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
30 Sunday
31 Monday
1 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 16% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:13 AM
Set: 1:47 PM
Dark night
2 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Quadrantids meteor shower
Visible: 9% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 5:23 AM
Set: 2:35 PM
Dark night
3 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 3% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 6:31 AM
Set: 3:34 PM
Dark night
4 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 7:32 AM
Set: 4:45 PM
Dark night
5 Saturday
New Moon
12:20 AM
Partial solar eclipse
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 8:23 AM
Set: 6:03 PM
Dark night
6 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Eid al-Fitr
Visible: 3% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 9:05 AM
Set: 7:22 PM
Dark night
7 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 9% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:40 AM
Set: 8:40 PM
Dark night
8 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 17% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 10:10 AM
Set: 9:56 PM
9 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 27% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:37 AM
Set: 11:08 PM
10 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 37% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 11:03 AM
Set: –
11 Friday
First Quarter
3:55 PM
Visible: 48% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 11:30 AM
Set: 12:19 AM
12 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 59% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 11:59 AM
Set: 1:29 AM
13 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 69% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 12:33 PM
Set: 2:38 AM
14 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 78% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 1:11 PM
Set: 3:45 AM
15 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 86% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 1:56 PM
Set: 4:48 AM
16 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 92% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 2:48 PM
Set: 5:45 AM
17 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 3:45 PM
Set: 6:35 AM
18 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 4:46 PM
Set: 7:17 AM
19 Saturday
Full Moon
10:44 AM
Wolf Moon
Total lunar eclipse
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 5:47 PM
Set: 7:52 AM
20 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 6:48 PM
Set: 8:22 AM
21 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 7:48 PM
Set: 8:47 AM
22 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 92% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 8:47 PM
Set: 9:10 AM
23 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 86% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 9:46 PM
Set: 9:32 AM
24 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 79% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:45 PM
Set: 9:53 AM
25 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 70% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 11:46 PM
Set: 10:15 AM
26 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 61% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: –
Set: 10:39 AM
27 Sunday
Last Quarter
2:59 PM
Visible: 51% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 12:49 AM
Set: 11:07 AM
28 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 41% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 1:55 AM
Set: 11:40 AM
29 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 31% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:02 AM
Set: 12:22 PM
Dark night
30 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 21% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:09 AM
Set: 1:14 PM
Dark night
31 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 13% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 5:13 AM
Set: 2:18 PM
Dark night
1 Friday
2 Saturday