Dates and Times of the Phases

  • First Quarter Sunday, January 4 6:57 AM
  • Full Moon Saturday, January 10 10:28 PM Wolf MoonSupermoon
  • Last Quarter Saturday, January 17 9:47 PM
  • New Moon Monday, January 26 2:56 AM

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 40% lit, 7 of 11 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus
  • Annular solar eclipse Monday, January 26, 2:59 AM not visible from Columbus
  • Lunar New Year Monday, January 26 Chinese calendar

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: January 20–29.

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 2009 February
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
28 Sunday
29 Monday
30 Tuesday
31 Wednesday
1 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 23% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:42 AM
Set: 10:28 PM
2 Friday
Waxing crescent
Quadrantids meteor shower
Visible: 32% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 11:05 AM
Set: 11:31 PM
3 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 42% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 11:27 AM
Set: –
4 Sunday
First Quarter
6:57 AM
Visible: 52% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 11:52 AM
Set: 12:37 AM
5 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 63% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 12:21 PM
Set: 1:45 AM
6 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 74% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 12:55 PM
Set: 2:58 AM
7 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 83% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 1:39 PM
Set: 4:13 AM
8 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 91% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 2:35 PM
Set: 5:28 AM
9 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 3:43 PM
Set: 6:37 AM
10 Saturday
Full Moon
10:28 PM
Wolf Moon
Supermoon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 5:00 PM
Set: 7:35 AM
11 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 6:20 PM
Set: 8:23 AM
12 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 7:39 PM
Set: 9:01 AM
13 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 91% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 8:53 PM
Set: 9:32 AM
14 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 83% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:04 PM
Set: 9:59 AM
15 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 74% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 11:12 PM
Set: 10:23 AM
16 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 64% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: –
Set: 10:47 AM
17 Saturday
Last Quarter
9:47 PM
Visible: 54% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 12:18 AM
Set: 11:12 AM
18 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 44% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 1:22 AM
Set: 11:39 AM
19 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 35% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 2:26 AM
Set: 12:10 PM
20 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 26% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:28 AM
Set: 12:46 PM
Dark night
21 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 18% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:28 AM
Set: 1:28 PM
Dark night
22 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 11% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 5:22 AM
Set: 2:17 PM
Dark night
23 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 6% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 6:11 AM
Set: 3:12 PM
Dark night
24 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:52 AM
Set: 4:11 PM
Dark night
25 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 7:28 AM
Set: 5:13 PM
Dark night
26 Monday
New Moon
2:56 AM
Annular solar eclipse
Lunar New Year
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:58 AM
Set: 6:16 PM
Dark night
27 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:24 AM
Set: 7:19 PM
Dark night
28 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 5% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:48 AM
Set: 8:21 PM
Dark night
29 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 11% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:10 AM
Set: 9:24 PM
Dark night
30 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 18% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 9:33 AM
Set: 10:29 PM
31 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 27% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 9:56 AM
Set: 11:35 PM