Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Full Moon Tuesday, June 2 12:22 PM Strawberry Moon
  • Last Quarter Tuesday, June 9 11:43 AM
  • New Moon Tuesday, June 16 10:08 AM
  • First Quarter Wednesday, June 24 7:04 AM

Also in June

  • Ramadan begins Thursday, June 18 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
  • Dragon Boat Festival Saturday, June 20 Chinese calendar

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: June 11–20.

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).

May June 2015 July
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
31 Sunday
1 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 7:57 PM
Set: 5:34 AM
2 Tuesday
Full Moon
12:22 PM
Strawberry Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 8:55 PM
Set: 6:18 AM
3 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 9:51 PM
Set: 7:08 AM
4 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 95% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 10:44 PM
Set: 8:03 AM
5 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 90% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 11:31 PM
Set: 9:04 AM
6 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 82% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: –
Set: 10:08 AM
7 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 72% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 12:15 AM
Set: 11:15 AM
8 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 61% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 12:55 AM
Set: 12:22 PM
9 Tuesday
Last Quarter
11:43 AM
Visible: 50% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 1:32 AM
Set: 1:30 PM
10 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 39% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 2:08 AM
Set: 2:38 PM
11 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 28% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 2:44 AM
Set: 3:46 PM
Dark night
12 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 18% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 3:21 AM
Set: 4:54 PM
Dark night
13 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 10% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:01 AM
Set: 6:00 PM
Dark night
14 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 4% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 4:44 AM
Set: 7:05 PM
Dark night
15 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 5:30 AM
Set: 8:06 PM
Dark night
16 Tuesday
New Moon
10:08 AM
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 6:21 AM
Set: 9:01 PM
Dark night
17 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:16 AM
Set: 9:51 PM
Dark night
18 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Ramadan begins
Visible: 5% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:12 AM
Set: 10:35 PM
Dark night
19 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 10% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:10 AM
Set: 11:14 PM
Dark night
20 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Dragon Boat Festival
Visible: 17% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 10:08 AM
Set: 11:49 PM
Dark night
21 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 25% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 11:05 AM
Set: –
22 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 33% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 12:01 PM
Set: 12:21 AM
23 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 43% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 12:57 PM
Set: 12:51 AM
24 Wednesday
First Quarter
7:04 AM
Visible: 52% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 1:52 PM
Set: 1:20 AM
25 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 61% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 2:48 PM
Set: 1:50 AM
26 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 71% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 3:45 PM
Set: 2:20 AM
27 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 79% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 4:44 PM
Set: 2:53 AM
28 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 87% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 5:43 PM
Set: 3:30 AM
29 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 93% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 6:42 PM
Set: 4:11 AM
30 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 7:40 PM
Set: 4:58 AM
1 Wednesday
2 Thursday
3 Friday
4 Saturday