Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Thursday, July 1 5:13 PM
  • New Moon Friday, July 9 9:18 PM
  • First Quarter Saturday, July 17 6:12 AM
  • Full Moon Friday, July 23 10:37 PM Buck Moon
  • Last Quarter Saturday, July 31 9:18 AM

Also in July

  • Eid al-Adha Tuesday, July 20 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 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).

June July 2021 August
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
27 Sunday
28 Monday
29 Tuesday
30 Wednesday
1 Thursday
Last Quarter
5:13 PM
Visible: 52% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 1:22 AM
Set: 1:26 PM
2 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 43% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 1:45 AM
Set: 2:26 PM
3 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 33% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 2:08 AM
Set: 3:26 PM
4 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 25% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 2:32 AM
Set: 4:25 PM
5 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 17% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 2:58 AM
Set: 5:25 PM
Dark night
6 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 10% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 3:27 AM
Set: 6:25 PM
Dark night
7 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 5% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 4:02 AM
Set: 7:24 PM
Dark night
8 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 4:43 AM
Set: 8:21 PM
Dark night
9 Friday
New Moon
9:18 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 5:32 AM
Set: 9:12 PM
Dark night
10 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 6:27 AM
Set: 9:58 PM
Dark night
11 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 3% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:29 AM
Set: 10:37 PM
Dark night
12 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 7% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:33 AM
Set: 11:11 PM
Dark night
13 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 13% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:40 AM
Set: 11:41 PM
Dark night
14 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 21% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:47 AM
Set: –
15 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 31% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 11:55 AM
Set: 12:08 AM
16 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 41% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 1:03 PM
Set: 12:34 AM
17 Saturday
First Quarter
6:12 AM
Visible: 53% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 2:13 PM
Set: 1:01 AM
18 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 64% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 3:26 PM
Set: 1:29 AM
19 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 75% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 4:40 PM
Set: 2:01 AM
20 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Eid al-Adha
Visible: 84% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 5:56 PM
Set: 2:39 AM
21 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 92% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 7:08 PM
Set: 3:25 AM
22 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 8:12 PM
Set: 4:21 AM
23 Friday
Full Moon
10:37 PM
Buck Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 9:07 PM
Set: 5:27 AM
24 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 9:51 PM
Set: 6:38 AM
25 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 97% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 10:27 PM
Set: 7:50 AM
26 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 92% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 10:57 PM
Set: 9:01 AM
27 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 85% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 11:23 PM
Set: 10:08 AM
28 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 77% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 11:47 PM
Set: 11:12 AM
29 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 68% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: –
Set: 12:14 PM
30 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 59% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 12:10 AM
Set: 1:15 PM
31 Saturday
Last Quarter
9:18 AM
Visible: 49% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 12:34 AM
Set: 2:15 PM