Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Monday, May 7 10:12 PM
  • New Moon Tuesday, May 15 7:50 AM
  • First Quarter Monday, May 21 11:51 PM
  • Full Moon Tuesday, May 29 10:21 AM Flower Moon

Also in May

  • Eta Aquariids meteor shower peak on the night of May 5–6 up to 50 meteors an hour in a dark sky; Moon 66% lit, 3 of 6 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus
  • Ramadan begins Wednesday, May 16 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
  • Shavuot Sunday, May 20 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: May 1, May 8–17.

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).

April May 2018 June
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
29 Sunday
30 Monday
1 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 97% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 10:10 PM
Set: 7:50 AM
Dark night
2 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 93% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 11:07 PM
Set: 8:27 AM
3 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 87% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: –
Set: 9:09 AM
4 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 80% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 12:01 AM
Set: 9:54 AM
5 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Eta Aquariids meteor shower
Visible: 72% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 12:50 AM
Set: 10:43 AM
6 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 63% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 1:35 AM
Set: 11:35 AM
7 Monday
Last Quarter
10:12 PM
Visible: 54% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 2:16 AM
Set: 12:30 PM
8 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 44% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 2:53 AM
Set: 1:27 PM
Dark night
9 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 35% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 3:27 AM
Set: 2:26 PM
Dark night
10 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 26% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:58 AM
Set: 3:26 PM
Dark night
11 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 17% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:29 AM
Set: 4:28 PM
Dark night
12 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 10% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:59 AM
Set: 5:32 PM
Dark night
13 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 4% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:31 AM
Set: 6:39 PM
Dark night
14 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:05 AM
Set: 7:48 PM
Dark night
15 Tuesday
New Moon
7:50 AM
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 6:43 AM
Set: 8:58 PM
Dark night
16 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Ramadan begins
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:27 AM
Set: 10:08 PM
Dark night
17 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 7% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:18 AM
Set: 11:15 PM
Dark night
18 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 14% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:15 AM
Set: –
19 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 23% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:19 AM
Set: 12:16 AM
20 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Shavuot
Visible: 33% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 11:26 AM
Set: 1:10 AM
21 Monday
First Quarter
11:51 PM
Visible: 45% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 12:34 PM
Set: 1:56 AM
22 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 56% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 1:42 PM
Set: 2:36 AM
23 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 67% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 2:48 PM
Set: 3:11 AM
24 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 76% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 3:53 PM
Set: 3:44 AM
25 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 85% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 4:56 PM
Set: 4:14 AM
26 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 91% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 5:58 PM
Set: 4:45 AM
27 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 96% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 7:00 PM
Set: 5:16 AM
28 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 8:00 PM
Set: 5:49 AM
29 Tuesday
Full Moon
10:21 AM
Flower Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 8:58 PM
Set: 6:25 AM
30 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 9:54 PM
Set: 7:05 AM
31 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 10:45 PM
Set: 7:48 AM
1 Friday
2 Saturday