Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Thursday, August 6 10:06 PM
  • New Moon Friday, August 14 10:55 AM
  • First Quarter Saturday, August 22 3:32 PM
  • Full Moon Saturday, August 29 2:38 PM Sturgeon MoonSupermoon

Also in August

  • Perseids meteor shower peak on the night of August 12–13 up to 100 meteors an hour in a dark sky; Moon 2% lit, 7 of 7 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: August 10–20.

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).

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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
26 Sunday
27 Monday
28 Tuesday
29 Wednesday
30 Thursday
31 Friday
1 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 9:31 PM
Set: 7:54 AM
2 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 93% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 10:11 PM
Set: 9:06 AM
3 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 86% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:48 PM
Set: 10:17 AM
4 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 76% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 11:25 PM
Set: 11:27 AM
5 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 66% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: –
Set: 12:36 PM
6 Thursday
Last Quarter
10:06 PM
Visible: 55% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 12:04 AM
Set: 1:44 PM
7 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 44% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 12:44 AM
Set: 2:49 PM
8 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 33% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 1:27 AM
Set: 3:50 PM
9 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 23% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 2:13 AM
Set: 4:48 PM
10 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 15% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 3:03 AM
Set: 5:41 PM
Dark night
11 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 9% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 3:56 AM
Set: 6:28 PM
Dark night
12 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Perseids meteor shower
Visible: 4% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 4:52 AM
Set: 7:10 PM
Dark night
13 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 5:48 AM
Set: 7:48 PM
Dark night
14 Friday
New Moon
10:55 AM
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 6:45 AM
Set: 8:23 PM
Dark night
15 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:42 AM
Set: 8:55 PM
Dark night
16 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 4% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:38 AM
Set: 9:25 PM
Dark night
17 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 8% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:34 AM
Set: 9:54 PM
Dark night
18 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 14% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 10:29 AM
Set: 10:23 PM
Dark night
19 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 22% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 11:25 AM
Set: 10:54 PM
Dark night
20 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 30% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 12:21 PM
Set: 11:26 PM
Dark night
21 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 39% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 1:17 PM
Set: –
22 Saturday
First Quarter
3:32 PM
Visible: 49% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 2:14 PM
Set: 12:02 AM
23 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 59% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 3:10 PM
Set: 12:42 AM
24 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 69% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 4:06 PM
Set: 1:27 AM
25 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 78% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 5:00 PM
Set: 2:19 AM
26 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 87% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 5:51 PM
Set: 3:17 AM
27 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 94% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 6:38 PM
Set: 4:21 AM
28 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 98% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 7:23 PM
Set: 5:30 AM
29 Saturday
Full Moon
2:38 PM
Sturgeon Moon
Supermoon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 8:04 PM
Set: 6:42 AM
30 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 8:43 PM
Set: 7:55 AM
31 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 95% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 9:22 PM
Set: 9:08 AM
1 Tuesday
2 Wednesday
3 Thursday
4 Friday
5 Saturday