Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Full Moon Sunday, July 5 12:45 AM Buck Moon
  • Last Quarter Sunday, July 12 7:31 PM
  • New Moon Monday, July 20 1:34 PM
  • First Quarter Monday, July 27 8:34 AM

Also in July

  • Penumbral lunar eclipse Sunday, July 5, 12:30 AM visible from Columbus
  • Eid al-Adha Friday, July 31 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: July 16–24.

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 2020 August
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
28 Sunday
29 Monday
30 Tuesday
1 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 85% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 5:35 PM
Set: 3:14 AM
2 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 92% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 6:47 PM
Set: 3:51 AM
3 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 7:55 PM
Set: 4:34 AM
4 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 8:57 PM
Set: 5:25 AM
5 Sunday
Full Moon
12:45 AM
Buck Moon
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 9:51 PM
Set: 6:22 AM
6 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 97% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 10:36 PM
Set: 7:24 AM
7 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 93% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 11:14 PM
Set: 8:28 AM
8 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 87% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 11:46 PM
Set: 9:31 AM
9 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 80% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: –
Set: 10:33 AM
10 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 71% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 12:13 AM
Set: 11:34 AM
11 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 62% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 12:38 AM
Set: 12:32 PM
12 Sunday
Last Quarter
7:31 PM
Visible: 53% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 1:02 AM
Set: 1:30 PM
13 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 44% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 1:26 AM
Set: 2:28 PM
14 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 34% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 1:50 AM
Set: 3:27 PM
15 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 25% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 2:17 AM
Set: 4:27 PM
16 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 17% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 2:48 AM
Set: 5:29 PM
Dark night
17 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 10% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 3:24 AM
Set: 6:31 PM
Dark night
18 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 5% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 4:08 AM
Set: 7:31 PM
Dark night
19 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 4:59 AM
Set: 8:28 PM
Dark night
20 Monday
New Moon
1:34 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 5:59 AM
Set: 9:18 PM
Dark night
21 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:05 AM
Set: 10:02 PM
Dark night
22 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 5% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:16 AM
Set: 10:40 PM
Dark night
23 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 11% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:28 AM
Set: 11:14 PM
Dark night
24 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 19% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:40 AM
Set: 11:45 PM
Dark night
25 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 29% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 11:52 AM
Set: –
26 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 40% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 1:03 PM
Set: 12:14 AM
27 Monday
First Quarter
8:34 AM
Visible: 52% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 2:14 PM
Set: 12:44 AM
28 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 63% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 3:25 PM
Set: 1:15 AM
29 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 73% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 4:36 PM
Set: 1:51 AM
30 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 83% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 5:44 PM
Set: 2:31 AM
31 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Eid al-Adha
Visible: 90% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 6:47 PM
Set: 3:18 AM
1 Saturday