Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Saturday, December 5 1:21 PM
  • New Moon Sunday, December 13 6:25 PM
  • First Quarter Monday, December 21 6:29 AM
  • Full Moon Sunday, December 27 11:00 PM Cold MoonSupermoon

Also in December

  • Hanukkah Wednesday, December 9 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Geminids meteor shower peak on the night of December 12–13 up to 150 meteors an hour in a dark sky; Moon 0% lit, 11 of 11 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus
  • Annular solar eclipse Sunday, December 13, 6:28 PM not visible from Columbus
  • Eid al-Fitr Tuesday, December 15 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
  • Penumbral lunar eclipse Sunday, December 27, 10:49 PM visible from Columbus

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: December 9–17.

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).

November December 1936 January
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
29 Sunday
30 Monday
1 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 88% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 8:32 PM
Set: 10:23 AM
2 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 80% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 9:40 PM
Set: 11:02 AM
3 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 70% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 10:45 PM
Set: 11:35 AM
4 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 61% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 11:48 PM
Set: 12:04 PM
5 Saturday
Last Quarter
1:21 PM
Visible: 51% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: –
Set: 12:30 PM
6 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 41% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 12:48 AM
Set: 12:55 PM
7 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 32% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 1:47 AM
Set: 1:20 PM
8 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 23% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 2:45 AM
Set: 1:46 PM
9 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Hanukkah
Visible: 16% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 3:43 AM
Set: 2:15 PM
Dark night
10 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 10% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:41 AM
Set: 2:47 PM
Dark night
11 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 5% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:40 AM
Set: 3:25 PM
Dark night
12 Saturday
Waning crescent
Geminids meteor shower
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:36 AM
Set: 4:08 PM
Dark night
13 Sunday
New Moon
6:25 PM
Annular solar eclipse
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 7:30 AM
Set: 4:58 PM
Dark night
14 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 8:19 AM
Set: 5:53 PM
Dark night
15 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Eid al-Fitr
Visible: 3% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 9:03 AM
Set: 6:53 PM
Dark night
16 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 7% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:42 AM
Set: 7:56 PM
Dark night
17 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 14% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 10:17 AM
Set: 9:01 PM
Dark night
18 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 22% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:48 AM
Set: 10:06 PM
19 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 31% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 11:17 AM
Set: 11:13 PM
20 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 42% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 11:45 AM
Set: –
21 Monday
First Quarter
6:29 AM
Visible: 53% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 12:14 PM
Set: 12:20 AM
22 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 64% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 12:46 PM
Set: 1:29 AM
23 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 75% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 1:22 PM
Set: 2:41 AM
24 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 84% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 2:04 PM
Set: 3:54 AM
25 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 92% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 2:53 PM
Set: 5:07 AM
26 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 3:52 PM
Set: 6:16 AM
27 Sunday
Full Moon
11:00 PM
Cold Moon
Supermoon
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 4:58 PM
Set: 7:18 AM
28 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 6:07 PM
Set: 8:11 AM
29 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 97% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 7:18 PM
Set: 8:55 AM
30 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 92% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 8:26 PM
Set: 9:31 AM
31 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 85% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 9:31 PM
Set: 10:03 AM
1 Friday
2 Saturday