The Moon Today
Tonight is a dark night for stargazing: no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness.
Dates and Times of the Phases
- Full Moon Sunday, January 1 6:06 PM Wolf MoonMicromoon
- Last Quarter Monday, January 9 10:03 PM
- New Moon Monday, January 16 4:31 PM
- First Quarter Monday, January 23 11:13 AM
- Full Moon Tuesday, January 31 1:47 PM Wolf MoonBlue MoonMicromoon
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 99% lit, 0 of 11 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus
Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: January 12–19.
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).
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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1 Sunday
Full Moon
6:06 PM
Wolf Moon Micromoon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 5:27 PM
Set: 7:19 AM
|
2 Monday
Waning gibbous
Quadrantids meteor shower
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 6:18 PM
Set: 8:05 AM
|
3 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 97% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 7:11 PM
Set: 8:47 AM
|
4 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 93% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 8:06 PM
Set: 9:25 AM
|
5 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 88% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 9:02 PM
Set: 10:00 AM
|
6 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 81% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 9:58 PM
Set: 10:32 AM
|
7 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 73% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:56 PM
Set: 11:03 AM
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8 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 64% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 11:54 PM
Set: 11:33 AM
|
9 Monday
Last Quarter
10:03 PM
Visible: 54% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: –
Set: 12:04 PM
|
10 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 44% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 12:55 AM
Set: 12:36 PM
|
11 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 33% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 1:57 AM
Set: 1:11 PM
|
12 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 23% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:02 AM
Set: 1:51 PM
Dark night
|
13 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 14% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:09 AM
Set: 2:37 PM
Dark night
|
14 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 7% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 5:16 AM
Set: 3:31 PM
Dark night
|
|
15 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:21 AM
Set: 4:32 PM
Dark night
|
16 Monday
New Moon
4:31 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 7:21 AM
Set: 5:40 PM
Dark night
|
17 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 8:15 AM
Set: 6:52 PM
Dark night
|
18 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 5% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:03 AM
Set: 8:04 PM
Dark night
|
19 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 11% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:45 AM
Set: 9:15 PM
Dark night
|
20 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 20% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:22 AM
Set: 10:24 PM
|
21 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 29% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:57 AM
Set: 11:30 PM
|
|
22 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 40% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 11:31 AM
Set: –
|
23 Monday
First Quarter
11:13 AM
Visible: 50% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 12:05 PM
Set: 12:34 AM
|
24 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 60% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 12:39 PM
Set: 1:35 AM
|
25 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 70% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 1:16 PM
Set: 2:34 AM
|
26 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 78% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 1:55 PM
Set: 3:31 AM
|
27 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 86% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 2:38 PM
Set: 4:25 AM
|
28 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 92% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 3:24 PM
Set: 5:16 AM
|
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29 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 96% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 4:14 PM
Set: 6:03 AM
|
30 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 5:06 PM
Set: 6:46 AM
|
31 Tuesday
Full Moon
1:47 PM
Wolf Moon Blue Moon Micromoon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 6:00 PM
Set: 7:26 AM
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1 Wednesday
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2 Thursday
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3 Friday
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4 Saturday
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