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 Saturday, June 3 11:44 PM Strawberry Moon
- Last Quarter Saturday, June 10 3:32 PM
- New Moon Sunday, June 18 12:39 AM
- First Quarter Monday, June 26 3:51 AM
Also in June
- Dragon Boat Festival Thursday, June 22 Chinese calendar
- Eid al-Adha Wednesday, June 28 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: June 12–21.
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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28 Sunday
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29 Monday
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30 Tuesday
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31 Wednesday
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1 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 92% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 6:29 PM
Set: 4:17 AM
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2 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 7:41 PM
Set: 4:46 AM
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3 Saturday
Full Moon
11:44 PM
Strawberry Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 8:56 PM
Set: 5:21 AM
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4 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 10:09 PM
Set: 6:05 AM
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5 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 97% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 11:14 PM
Set: 7:01 AM
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6 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 91% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: –
Set: 8:09 AM
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7 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 84% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 12:09 AM
Set: 9:24 AM
|
8 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 74% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 12:52 AM
Set: 10:42 AM
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9 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 63% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 1:27 AM
Set: 11:58 AM
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10 Saturday
Last Quarter
3:32 PM
Visible: 52% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 1:55 AM
Set: 1:12 PM
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11 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 41% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 2:20 AM
Set: 2:23 PM
|
12 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 30% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 2:44 AM
Set: 3:32 PM
Dark night
|
13 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 21% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 3:08 AM
Set: 4:40 PM
Dark night
|
14 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 13% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 3:33 AM
Set: 5:49 PM
Dark night
|
15 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 6% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 4:01 AM
Set: 6:57 PM
Dark night
|
16 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 4:34 AM
Set: 8:04 PM
Dark night
|
17 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 5:14 AM
Set: 9:07 PM
Dark night
|
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18 Sunday
New Moon
12:39 AM
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 6:01 AM
Set: 10:03 PM
Dark night
|
19 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 6:54 AM
Set: 10:51 PM
Dark night
|
20 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 6% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 7:53 AM
Set: 11:30 PM
Dark night
|
21 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 11% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 8:55 AM
Set: –
Dark night
|
22 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Dragon Boat Festival
Visible: 18% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 9:57 AM
Set: 12:02 AM
|
23 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 26% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:58 AM
Set: 12:29 AM
|
24 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 34% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 11:59 AM
Set: 12:53 AM
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25 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 44% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 12:59 PM
Set: 1:14 AM
|
26 Monday
First Quarter
3:51 AM
Visible: 53% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 2:00 PM
Set: 1:34 AM
|
27 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 63% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 3:02 PM
Set: 1:55 AM
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28 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Eid al-Adha
Visible: 73% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 4:08 PM
Set: 2:17 AM
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29 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 82% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 5:18 PM
Set: 2:43 AM
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30 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 89% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 6:32 PM
Set: 3:14 AM
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1 Saturday
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