Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Wednesday, May 1 7:28 AM
  • New Moon Tuesday, May 7 11:24 PM
  • First Quarter Wednesday, May 15 7:50 AM
  • Full Moon Thursday, May 23 9:56 AM Flower Moon
  • Last Quarter Thursday, May 30 1:14 PM

Also in May

  • Eta Aquariids meteor shower peak on the night of May 5–6 up to 50 meteors an hour in a dark sky; Moon 7% lit, 6 of 6 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: May 1–9.

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 2024 June
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
28 Sunday
29 Monday
30 Tuesday
1 Wednesday
Last Quarter
7:28 AM
Visible: 48% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 3:07 AM
Set: 12:51 PM
Dark night
2 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 37% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 3:40 AM
Set: 2:06 PM
Dark night
3 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 26% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 4:09 AM
Set: 3:21 PM
Dark night
4 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 16% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:34 AM
Set: 4:36 PM
Dark night
5 Sunday
Waning crescent
Eta Aquariids meteor shower
Visible: 9% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:59 AM
Set: 5:51 PM
Dark night
6 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 3% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:24 AM
Set: 7:08 PM
Dark night
7 Tuesday
New Moon
11:24 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 5:53 AM
Set: 8:26 PM
Dark night
8 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 6:25 AM
Set: 9:44 PM
Dark night
9 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 3% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:05 AM
Set: 10:58 PM
Dark night
10 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 8% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 7:53 AM
Set: –
11 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 15% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 8:50 AM
Set: 12:04 AM
12 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 23% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 9:53 AM
Set: 12:59 AM
13 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 32% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:59 AM
Set: 1:43 AM
14 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 42% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 12:04 PM
Set: 2:17 AM
15 Wednesday
First Quarter
7:50 AM
Visible: 52% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 1:07 PM
Set: 2:46 AM
16 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 61% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 2:08 PM
Set: 3:09 AM
17 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 70% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 3:08 PM
Set: 3:30 AM
18 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 78% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 4:07 PM
Set: 3:49 AM
19 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 86% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 5:07 PM
Set: 4:09 AM
20 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 92% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 6:09 PM
Set: 4:29 AM
21 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 96% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 7:13 PM
Set: 4:51 AM
22 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 8:19 PM
Set: 5:17 AM
23 Thursday
Full Moon
9:56 AM
Flower Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 9:27 PM
Set: 5:49 AM
24 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 10:33 PM
Set: 6:29 AM
25 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 95% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 11:34 PM
Set: 7:19 AM
26 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 89% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: –
Set: 8:19 AM
27 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 82% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 12:25 AM
Set: 9:28 AM
28 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 73% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 1:08 AM
Set: 10:42 AM
29 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 62% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 1:43 AM
Set: 11:56 AM
30 Thursday
Last Quarter
1:14 PM
Visible: 51% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 2:12 AM
Set: 1:10 PM
31 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 39% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 2:38 AM
Set: 2:23 PM
1 Saturday