Dates and Times of the Phases

  • First Quarter Sunday, May 8 8:22 PM
  • Full Moon Monday, May 16 12:16 AM Flower MoonSupermoon
  • Last Quarter Sunday, May 22 2:45 PM
  • New Moon Monday, May 30 7:32 AM

Also in May

  • Eid al-Fitr Monday, May 2 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
  • Eta Aquariids meteor shower peak on the night of May 5–6 up to 50 meteors an hour in a dark sky; Moon 26% lit, 3 of 6 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus
  • Total lunar eclipse Monday, May 16, 12:11 AM visible from Columbus

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: May 1–2, May 23–31.

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 2022 June
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 6:59 AM
Set: 9:32 PM
Dark night
2 Monday
Waxing crescent
Eid al-Fitr
Visible: 3% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:28 AM
Set: 10:35 PM
Dark night
3 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 7% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:03 AM
Set: 11:35 PM
4 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 13% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 8:43 AM
Set: –
5 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Eta Aquariids meteor shower
Visible: 20% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 9:30 AM
Set: 12:32 AM
6 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 28% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:23 AM
Set: 1:22 AM
7 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 37% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 11:21 AM
Set: 2:06 AM
8 Sunday
First Quarter
8:22 PM
Visible: 47% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 12:23 PM
Set: 2:43 AM
9 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 56% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 1:27 PM
Set: 3:15 AM
10 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 66% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 2:31 PM
Set: 3:43 AM
11 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 76% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 3:37 PM
Set: 4:09 AM
12 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 84% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 4:45 PM
Set: 4:33 AM
13 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 91% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 5:55 PM
Set: 4:57 AM
14 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 7:08 PM
Set: 5:23 AM
15 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 8:26 PM
Set: 5:53 AM
16 Monday
Full Moon
12:16 AM
Flower Moon
Supermoon
Total lunar eclipse
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 9:45 PM
Set: 6:28 AM
17 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 97% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 11:02 PM
Set: 7:12 AM
18 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 91% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: –
Set: 8:07 AM
19 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 83% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 12:12 AM
Set: 9:12 AM
20 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 73% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 1:10 AM
Set: 10:25 AM
21 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 62% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 1:56 AM
Set: 11:39 AM
22 Sunday
Last Quarter
2:45 PM
Visible: 51% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 2:33 AM
Set: 12:52 PM
23 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 40% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 3:03 AM
Set: 2:02 PM
Dark night
24 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 30% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:29 AM
Set: 3:09 PM
Dark night
25 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 21% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 3:52 AM
Set: 4:13 PM
Dark night
26 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 13% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:15 AM
Set: 5:16 PM
Dark night
27 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 7% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:38 AM
Set: 6:19 PM
Dark night
28 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 3% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:02 AM
Set: 7:22 PM
Dark night
29 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 5:30 AM
Set: 8:25 PM
Dark night
30 Monday
New Moon
7:32 AM
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 6:02 AM
Set: 9:26 PM
Dark night
31 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 6:40 AM
Set: 10:25 PM
Dark night
1 Wednesday
2 Thursday
3 Friday
4 Saturday