Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Wednesday, January 3 10:33 PM
  • New Moon Thursday, January 11 6:58 AM
  • First Quarter Wednesday, January 17 10:54 PM
  • Full Moon Thursday, January 25 12:55 PM Wolf Moon

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 48% lit, 6 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 6–13.

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 2024 February
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
31 Sunday
1 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 72% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:52 PM
Set: 11:25 AM
2 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 63% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 11:51 PM
Set: 11:45 AM
3 Wednesday
Last Quarter
10:33 PM
Quadrantids meteor shower
Visible: 54% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: –
Set: 12:04 PM
4 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 45% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 12:50 AM
Set: 12:24 PM
5 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 35% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 1:52 AM
Set: 12:47 PM
6 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 26% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 2:56 AM
Set: 1:12 PM
Dark night
7 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 17% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:04 AM
Set: 1:44 PM
Dark night
8 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 10% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 5:15 AM
Set: 2:24 PM
Dark night
9 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 4% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 6:25 AM
Set: 3:16 PM
Dark night
10 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 7:31 AM
Set: 4:20 PM
Dark night
11 Thursday
New Moon
6:58 AM
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 8:27 AM
Set: 5:34 PM
Dark night
12 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 9:13 AM
Set: 6:54 PM
Dark night
13 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 7% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:50 AM
Set: 8:13 PM
Dark night
14 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 14% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 10:21 AM
Set: 9:31 PM
15 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 23% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:47 AM
Set: 10:45 PM
16 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 34% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 11:11 AM
Set: 11:57 PM
17 Wednesday
First Quarter
10:54 PM
Visible: 45% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 11:36 AM
Set: –
18 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 56% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 12:01 PM
Set: 1:09 AM
19 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 67% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 12:30 PM
Set: 2:20 AM
20 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 76% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 1:05 PM
Set: 3:31 AM
21 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 84% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 1:45 PM
Set: 4:40 AM
22 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 91% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 2:34 PM
Set: 5:45 AM
23 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 96% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 3:30 PM
Set: 6:41 AM
24 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 4:32 PM
Set: 7:29 AM
25 Thursday
Full Moon
12:55 PM
Wolf Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 5:36 PM
Set: 8:08 AM
26 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 6:40 PM
Set: 8:40 AM
27 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 7:42 PM
Set: 9:06 AM
28 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 92% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 8:42 PM
Set: 9:28 AM
29 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 86% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 9:41 PM
Set: 9:49 AM
30 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 79% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:40 PM
Set: 10:08 AM
31 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 71% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 11:40 PM
Set: 10:28 AM
1 Thursday
2 Friday
3 Saturday