Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Friday, July 6 3:53 AM
  • New Moon Thursday, July 12 10:50 PM
  • First Quarter Thursday, July 19 3:54 PM
  • Full Moon Friday, July 27 4:22 PM Buck MoonMicromoon

Also in July

  • Partial solar eclipse Thursday, July 12, 11:01 PM not visible from Columbus
  • Total lunar eclipse Friday, July 27, 4:22 PM not visible from Columbus

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: July 9–16.

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).

June July 2018 August
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 90% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 11:29 PM
Set: 9:09 AM
2 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 83% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: –
Set: 10:06 AM
3 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 75% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 12:01 AM
Set: 11:04 AM
4 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 66% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 12:31 AM
Set: 12:02 PM
5 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 57% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 1:00 AM
Set: 1:02 PM
6 Friday
Last Quarter
3:53 AM
Visible: 46% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 1:29 AM
Set: 2:03 PM
7 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 36% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 1:59 AM
Set: 3:07 PM
8 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 26% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 2:32 AM
Set: 4:13 PM
9 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 17% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 3:08 AM
Set: 5:22 PM
Dark night
10 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 9% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 3:51 AM
Set: 6:32 PM
Dark night
11 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 3% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 4:41 AM
Set: 7:40 PM
Dark night
12 Thursday
New Moon
10:50 PM
Partial solar eclipse
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 5:40 AM
Set: 8:44 PM
Dark night
13 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 6:47 AM
Set: 9:40 PM
Dark night
14 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 4% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:58 AM
Set: 10:29 PM
Dark night
15 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 10% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:11 AM
Set: 11:11 PM
Dark night
16 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 18% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:23 AM
Set: 11:47 PM
Dark night
17 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 27% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 11:33 AM
Set: –
18 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 38% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 12:40 PM
Set: 12:20 AM
19 Thursday
First Quarter
3:54 PM
Visible: 48% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 1:44 PM
Set: 12:52 AM
20 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 59% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 2:46 PM
Set: 1:23 AM
21 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 68% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 3:47 PM
Set: 1:54 AM
22 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 77% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 4:46 PM
Set: 2:28 AM
23 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 85% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 5:42 PM
Set: 3:04 AM
24 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 91% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 6:36 PM
Set: 3:44 AM
25 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 96% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 7:26 PM
Set: 4:28 AM
26 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 8:12 PM
Set: 5:17 AM
27 Friday
Full Moon
4:22 PM
Buck Moon
Micromoon
Total lunar eclipse
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 8:53 PM
Set: 6:09 AM
28 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 9:30 PM
Set: 7:04 AM
29 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 97% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 10:04 PM
Set: 8:00 AM
30 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 93% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 10:34 PM
Set: 8:58 AM
31 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 87% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 11:03 PM
Set: 9:56 AM
1 Wednesday
2 Thursday
3 Friday
4 Saturday