The Moon Today
Tonight is a dark night for stargazing: no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness.
Dates and Times of the Phases
- Full Moon Friday, June 5 3:13 PM Strawberry Moon
- Last Quarter Saturday, June 13 2:25 AM
- New Moon Sunday, June 21 2:42 AM
- First Quarter Sunday, June 28 4:17 AM
Also in June
- Penumbral lunar eclipse Friday, June 5, 3:25 PM not visible from Columbus
- Annular solar eclipse Sunday, June 21, 2:40 AM not visible from Columbus
- Dragon Boat Festival Thursday, June 25 Chinese calendar
Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: June 15–24.
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).
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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31 Sunday
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1 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 78% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 4:11 PM
Set: 3:38 AM
|
2 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 87% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 5:25 PM
Set: 4:08 AM
|
3 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 94% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 6:39 PM
Set: 4:40 AM
|
4 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 98% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 7:53 PM
Set: 5:16 AM
|
5 Friday
Full Moon
3:13 PM
Strawberry Moon
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 9:05 PM
Set: 5:57 AM
|
6 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 10:12 PM
Set: 6:44 AM
|
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7 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 11:11 PM
Set: 7:38 AM
|
8 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 90% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: –
Set: 8:38 AM
|
9 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 83% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 12:01 AM
Set: 9:41 AM
|
10 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 74% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 12:42 AM
Set: 10:44 AM
|
11 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 65% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 1:16 AM
Set: 11:46 AM
|
12 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 56% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 1:46 AM
Set: 12:47 PM
|
13 Saturday
Last Quarter
2:25 AM
Visible: 46% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 2:12 AM
Set: 1:45 PM
|
|
14 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 37% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 2:36 AM
Set: 2:43 PM
|
15 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 28% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 2:59 AM
Set: 3:41 PM
Dark night
|
16 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 20% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 3:23 AM
Set: 4:40 PM
Dark night
|
17 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 13% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 3:49 AM
Set: 5:39 PM
Dark night
|
18 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 7% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 4:18 AM
Set: 6:41 PM
Dark night
|
19 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 3% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 4:51 AM
Set: 7:43 PM
Dark night
|
20 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 5:30 AM
Set: 8:45 PM
Dark night
|
|
21 Sunday
New Moon
2:42 AM
Annular solar eclipse
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 6:16 AM
Set: 9:43 PM
Dark night
|
22 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:10 AM
Set: 10:37 PM
Dark night
|
23 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 6% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:12 AM
Set: 11:24 PM
Dark night
|
24 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 13% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:19 AM
Set: –
Dark night
|
25 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Dragon Boat Festival
Visible: 21% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:29 AM
Set: 12:05 AM
|
26 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 31% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 11:39 AM
Set: 12:40 AM
|
27 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 42% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 12:50 PM
Set: 1:12 AM
|
|
28 Sunday
First Quarter
4:17 AM
Visible: 54% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 2:00 PM
Set: 1:42 AM
|
29 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 65% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 3:11 PM
Set: 2:11 AM
|
30 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 76% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 4:23 PM
Set: 2:41 AM
|
1 Wednesday
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2 Thursday
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3 Friday
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4 Saturday
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