Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Full Moon Saturday, December 7 12:42 PM Cold Moon
  • Last Quarter Sunday, December 15 8:35 AM
  • New Moon Monday, December 23 3:06 AM
  • First Quarter Sunday, December 29 10:47 PM

Also in December

  • Eid al-Adha Wednesday, December 4 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
  • Geminids meteor shower peak on the night of December 13–14 up to 150 meteors an hour in a dark sky; Moon 61% lit, 4 of 11 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus
  • Hanukkah Wednesday, December 18 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Islamic New Year 1464 AH Tuesday, December 24 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: December 18–26.

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).

November December 2041 January
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 60% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 1:48 PM
Set: 12:26 AM
2 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 71% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 2:13 PM
Set: 1:38 AM
3 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 81% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 2:38 PM
Set: 2:50 AM
4 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Eid al-Adha
Visible: 89% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 3:04 PM
Set: 4:03 AM
5 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 95% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 3:35 PM
Set: 5:17 AM
6 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 4:11 PM
Set: 6:31 AM
7 Saturday
Full Moon
12:42 PM
Cold Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 4:54 PM
Set: 7:44 AM
8 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 5:46 PM
Set: 8:51 AM
9 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 6:45 PM
Set: 9:50 AM
10 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 90% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 7:49 PM
Set: 10:39 AM
11 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 84% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 8:53 PM
Set: 11:18 AM
12 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 76% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 9:57 PM
Set: 11:49 AM
13 Friday
Waning gibbous
Geminids meteor shower
Visible: 67% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 10:59 PM
Set: 12:15 PM
14 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 58% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 11:58 PM
Set: 12:38 PM
15 Sunday
Last Quarter
8:35 AM
Visible: 49% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: –
Set: 12:59 PM
16 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 39% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 12:57 AM
Set: 1:18 PM
17 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 30% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 1:57 AM
Set: 1:39 PM
18 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Hanukkah
Visible: 22% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 2:57 AM
Set: 2:01 PM
Dark night
19 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 14% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:01 AM
Set: 2:26 PM
Dark night
20 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 8% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 5:07 AM
Set: 2:56 PM
Dark night
21 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 3% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 6:16 AM
Set: 3:34 PM
Dark night
22 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 7:25 AM
Set: 4:22 PM
Dark night
23 Monday
New Moon
3:06 AM
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 8:30 AM
Set: 5:21 PM
Dark night
24 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Islamic New Year 1464 AH
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 9:27 AM
Set: 6:30 PM
Dark night
25 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 7% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 10:15 AM
Set: 7:45 PM
Dark night
26 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 14% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 10:53 AM
Set: 9:02 PM
Dark night
27 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 23% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 11:25 AM
Set: 10:17 PM
28 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 34% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 11:52 AM
Set: 11:30 PM
29 Sunday
First Quarter
10:47 PM
Visible: 45% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 12:17 PM
Set: –
30 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 56% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 12:42 PM
Set: 12:42 AM
31 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 67% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 1:07 PM
Set: 1:53 AM
1 Wednesday
2 Thursday
3 Friday
4 Saturday