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 Monday, January 1 9:25 PM Wolf MoonSupermoon
- Last Quarter Monday, January 8 5:27 PM
- New Moon Tuesday, January 16 9:18 PM
- First Quarter Wednesday, January 24 5:21 PM
- Full Moon Wednesday, January 31 8:28 AM Wolf MoonBlue MoonSupermoon
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 95% lit, 1 of 11 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus
- Total lunar eclipse Wednesday, January 31, 8:30 AM partly visible from Columbus
Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: January 12–20.
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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31 Sunday
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1 Monday
Full Moon
9:25 PM
Wolf Moon Supermoon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 5:14 PM
Set: 7:08 AM
|
2 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 6:20 PM
Set: 8:12 AM
|
3 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Quadrantids meteor shower
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 7:31 PM
Set: 9:08 AM
|
4 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 90% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 8:42 PM
Set: 9:56 AM
|
5 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 82% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 9:51 PM
Set: 10:37 AM
|
6 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 73% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:58 PM
Set: 11:14 AM
|
|
7 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 63% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: –
Set: 11:46 AM
|
8 Monday
Last Quarter
5:27 PM
Visible: 52% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 12:02 AM
Set: 12:17 PM
|
9 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 42% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 1:03 AM
Set: 12:47 PM
|
10 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 33% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 2:03 AM
Set: 1:18 PM
|
11 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 24% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:01 AM
Set: 1:51 PM
|
12 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 16% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 3:58 AM
Set: 2:26 PM
Dark night
|
13 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 10% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:54 AM
Set: 3:04 PM
Dark night
|
|
14 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 5% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:47 AM
Set: 3:47 PM
Dark night
|
15 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:37 AM
Set: 4:33 PM
Dark night
|
16 Tuesday
New Moon
9:18 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 7:24 AM
Set: 5:24 PM
Dark night
|
17 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 8:07 AM
Set: 6:18 PM
Dark night
|
18 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:46 AM
Set: 7:15 PM
Dark night
|
19 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 6% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:22 AM
Set: 8:13 PM
Dark night
|
20 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 12% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:54 AM
Set: 9:12 PM
Dark night
|
|
21 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 19% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:25 AM
Set: 10:12 PM
|
22 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 27% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:56 AM
Set: 11:13 PM
|
23 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 37% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 11:26 AM
Set: –
|
24 Wednesday
First Quarter
5:21 PM
Visible: 48% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 11:58 AM
Set: 12:16 AM
|
25 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 59% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 12:33 PM
Set: 1:21 AM
|
26 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 69% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 1:13 PM
Set: 2:28 AM
|
27 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 80% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 1:59 PM
Set: 3:36 AM
|
|
28 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 88% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 2:53 PM
Set: 4:44 AM
|
29 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 95% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 3:55 PM
Set: 5:50 AM
|
30 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 5:03 PM
Set: 6:49 AM
|
31 Wednesday
Full Moon
8:28 AM
Wolf Moon Blue Moon Supermoon
Total lunar eclipse
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 6:15 PM
Set: 7:42 AM
|
1 Thursday
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2 Friday
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3 Saturday
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