Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Full Moon Wednesday, April 1 10:13 PM Pink Moon
  • Last Quarter Friday, April 10 12:55 AM
  • New Moon Friday, April 17 7:54 AM
  • First Quarter Thursday, April 23 10:33 PM

Also in April

  • Passover Thursday, April 2 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Easter Monday, April 5 Christian; the Sunday after the first Full Moon of spring (by the Church's tables)
  • Lyrids meteor shower peak on the night of April 22–23 up to 18 meteors an hour in a dark sky; Moon 36% lit, 2 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: April 10–18.

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).

March April 2026 May
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
29 Sunday
30 Monday
31 Tuesday
1 Wednesday
Full Moon
10:13 PM
Pink Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 7:51 PM
Set: 6:52 AM
2 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Passover
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 8:55 PM
Set: 7:13 AM
3 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 97% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 9:59 PM
Set: 7:36 AM
4 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 94% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 11:03 PM
Set: 8:02 AM
5 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Easter
Visible: 88% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: –
Set: 8:33 AM
6 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 81% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 12:06 AM
Set: 9:09 AM
7 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 73% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 1:06 AM
Set: 9:52 AM
8 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 65% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 2:00 AM
Set: 10:43 AM
9 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 55% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 2:48 AM
Set: 11:41 AM
10 Friday
Last Quarter
12:55 AM
Visible: 46% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 3:28 AM
Set: 12:43 PM
Dark night
11 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 36% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 4:03 AM
Set: 1:48 PM
Dark night
12 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 27% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 4:32 AM
Set: 2:55 PM
Dark night
13 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 18% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:57 AM
Set: 4:03 PM
Dark night
14 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 10% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 5:21 AM
Set: 5:12 PM
Dark night
15 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 5% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:45 AM
Set: 6:23 PM
Dark night
16 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:09 AM
Set: 7:37 PM
Dark night
17 Friday
New Moon
7:54 AM
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 6:36 AM
Set: 8:54 PM
Dark night
18 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:08 AM
Set: 10:14 PM
Dark night
19 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 7% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 7:48 AM
Set: 11:34 PM
20 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 14% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 8:38 AM
Set: –
21 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 23% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 9:38 AM
Set: 12:47 AM
22 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Lyrids meteor shower
Visible: 34% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:48 AM
Set: 1:49 AM
23 Thursday
First Quarter
10:33 PM
Visible: 45% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 12:02 PM
Set: 2:38 AM
24 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 56% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 1:16 PM
Set: 3:16 AM
25 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 67% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 2:26 PM
Set: 3:47 AM
26 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 76% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 3:34 PM
Set: 4:13 AM
27 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 84% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 4:39 PM
Set: 4:36 AM
28 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 91% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 5:42 PM
Set: 4:57 AM
29 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 96% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 6:45 PM
Set: 5:18 AM
30 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 7:48 PM
Set: 5:40 AM
1 Friday
2 Saturday