Dates and Times of the Phases

  • New Moon Sunday, August 8 9:51 AM
  • First Quarter Sunday, August 15 11:21 AM
  • Full Moon Sunday, August 22 8:02 AM Sturgeon Moon
  • Last Quarter Monday, August 30 3:15 AM

Also in August

  • Islamic New Year 1443 AH Monday, August 9 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
  • Perseids meteor shower peak on the night of August 12–13 up to 100 meteors an hour in a dark sky; Moon 20% lit, 6 of 7 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: August 5–13.

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).

July August 2021 September
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 40% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 12:59 AM
Set: 3:15 PM
2 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 31% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 1:27 AM
Set: 4:15 PM
3 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 22% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 2:00 AM
Set: 5:15 PM
4 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 15% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 2:39 AM
Set: 6:12 PM
5 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 9% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 3:24 AM
Set: 7:06 PM
Dark night
6 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 4% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 4:18 AM
Set: 7:54 PM
Dark night
7 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 5:18 AM
Set: 8:35 PM
Dark night
8 Sunday
New Moon
9:51 AM
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 6:22 AM
Set: 9:12 PM
Dark night
9 Monday
Waxing crescent
Islamic New Year 1443 AH
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:30 AM
Set: 9:43 PM
Dark night
10 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 5% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:38 AM
Set: 10:12 PM
Dark night
11 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 11% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:46 AM
Set: 10:38 PM
Dark night
12 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Perseids meteor shower
Visible: 19% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:55 AM
Set: 11:04 PM
Dark night
13 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 28% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 12:05 PM
Set: 11:32 PM
Dark night
14 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 39% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 1:16 PM
Set: –
15 Sunday
First Quarter
11:21 AM
Visible: 50% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 2:29 PM
Set: 12:02 AM
16 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 62% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 3:43 PM
Set: 12:37 AM
17 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 73% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 4:55 PM
Set: 1:19 AM
18 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 82% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 6:01 PM
Set: 2:11 AM
19 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 90% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 6:58 PM
Set: 3:11 AM
20 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 96% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 7:45 PM
Set: 4:19 AM
21 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 8:24 PM
Set: 5:30 AM
22 Sunday
Full Moon
8:02 AM
Sturgeon Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 8:56 PM
Set: 6:41 AM
23 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 9:23 PM
Set: 7:50 AM
24 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 95% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 9:48 PM
Set: 8:56 AM
25 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 89% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 10:11 PM
Set: 10:00 AM
26 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 82% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:35 PM
Set: 11:01 AM
27 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 74% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:59 PM
Set: 12:02 PM
28 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 65% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 11:26 PM
Set: 1:03 PM
29 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 56% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 11:57 PM
Set: 2:04 PM
30 Monday
Last Quarter
3:15 AM
Visible: 47% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: –
Set: 3:04 PM
31 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 37% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 12:33 AM
Set: 4:02 PM
1 Wednesday
2 Thursday
3 Friday
4 Saturday