Dates and Times of the Phases

  • First Quarter Wednesday, January 1 10:14 AM
  • Full Moon Wednesday, January 8 1:14 PM Wolf Moon
  • Last Quarter Thursday, January 16 2:42 PM
  • New Moon Friday, January 24 2:17 AM
  • First Quarter Thursday, January 30 6:35 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 74% lit, 2 of 11 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus
  • Total lunar eclipse Wednesday, January 8, 1:10 PM not visible from Columbus
  • Lunar New Year Friday, January 24 Chinese calendar

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: January 19–26.

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 1936 February
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
29 Sunday
30 Monday
31 Tuesday
1 Wednesday
First Quarter
10:14 AM
Visible: 51% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 11:53 AM
Set: 12:21 AM
2 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 62% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 12:24 PM
Set: 1:33 AM
3 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Quadrantids meteor shower
Visible: 73% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 12:59 PM
Set: 2:44 AM
4 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 82% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 1:41 PM
Set: 3:56 AM
5 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 90% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 2:29 PM
Set: 5:04 AM
6 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 95% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 3:25 PM
Set: 6:07 AM
7 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 4:27 PM
Set: 7:01 AM
8 Wednesday
Full Moon
1:14 PM
Wolf Moon
Total lunar eclipse
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 5:31 PM
Set: 7:47 AM
9 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 6:36 PM
Set: 8:25 AM
10 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 7:40 PM
Set: 8:57 AM
11 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 91% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 8:41 PM
Set: 9:25 AM
12 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 85% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 9:41 PM
Set: 9:49 AM
13 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 78% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:39 PM
Set: 10:12 AM
14 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 69% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 11:37 PM
Set: 10:35 AM
15 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 60% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: –
Set: 10:58 AM
16 Thursday
Last Quarter
2:42 PM
Visible: 51% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 12:36 AM
Set: 11:24 AM
17 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 42% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 1:36 AM
Set: 11:53 AM
18 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 32% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 2:37 AM
Set: 12:26 PM
19 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 23% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:39 AM
Set: 1:07 PM
Dark night
20 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 15% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:40 AM
Set: 1:56 PM
Dark night
21 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 8% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 5:38 AM
Set: 2:54 PM
Dark night
22 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 3% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 6:29 AM
Set: 4:01 PM
Dark night
23 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 7:14 AM
Set: 5:13 PM
Dark night
24 Friday
New Moon
2:17 AM
Lunar New Year
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:53 AM
Set: 6:27 PM
Dark night
25 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 3% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:27 AM
Set: 7:42 PM
Dark night
26 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 8% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:58 AM
Set: 8:56 PM
Dark night
27 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 16% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:27 AM
Set: 10:09 PM
28 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 25% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 9:56 AM
Set: 11:23 PM
29 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 36% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 10:27 AM
Set: –
30 Thursday
First Quarter
6:35 PM
Visible: 47% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 11:01 AM
Set: 12:35 AM
31 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 58% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 11:41 AM
Set: 1:47 AM
1 Saturday