Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Wednesday, August 5 10:23 PM
  • New Moon Wednesday, August 12 1:38 PM
  • First Quarter Wednesday, August 19 10:47 PM
  • Full Moon Friday, August 28 12:20 AM Sturgeon Moon

Also in August

  • Total solar eclipse Wednesday, August 12, 1:40 PM visible from Columbus as a partial eclipse, 0.5% of the Sun covered
  • Perseids meteor shower peak on the night of August 12–13 up to 100 meteors an hour in a dark sky; Moon 0% lit, 7 of 7 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus
  • Partial lunar eclipse Friday, August 28, 12:13 AM visible from Columbus

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: August 9–18.

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).

July August 2026 September
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
26 Sunday
27 Monday
28 Tuesday
29 Wednesday
30 Thursday
31 Friday
1 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 91% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 10:18 PM
Set: 9:29 AM
2 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 84% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:40 PM
Set: 10:34 AM
3 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 75% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 11:03 PM
Set: 11:40 AM
4 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 66% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 11:29 PM
Set: 12:49 PM
5 Wednesday
Last Quarter
10:23 PM
Visible: 55% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: –
Set: 2:01 PM
6 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 44% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 12:01 AM
Set: 3:15 PM
7 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 32% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 12:40 AM
Set: 4:30 PM
8 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 22% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 1:30 AM
Set: 5:40 PM
9 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 13% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 2:33 AM
Set: 6:40 PM
Dark night
10 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 6% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 3:46 AM
Set: 7:29 PM
Dark night
11 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 5:04 AM
Set: 8:09 PM
Dark night
12 Wednesday
New Moon
1:38 PM
Total solar eclipse
Perseids meteor shower
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 6:23 AM
Set: 8:40 PM
Dark night
13 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:38 AM
Set: 9:07 PM
Dark night
14 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 5% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:51 AM
Set: 9:31 PM
Dark night
15 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 11% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 10:00 AM
Set: 9:54 PM
Dark night
16 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 18% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 11:07 AM
Set: 10:17 PM
Dark night
17 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 27% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 12:13 PM
Set: 10:42 PM
Dark night
18 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 36% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 1:18 PM
Set: 11:10 PM
Dark night
19 Wednesday
First Quarter
10:47 PM
Visible: 46% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 2:22 PM
Set: 11:43 PM
20 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 55% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 3:24 PM
Set: –
21 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 65% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 4:22 PM
Set: 12:21 AM
22 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 73% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 5:14 PM
Set: 1:08 AM
23 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 81% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 5:59 PM
Set: 2:01 AM
24 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 88% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 6:37 PM
Set: 3:00 AM
25 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 94% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 7:09 PM
Set: 4:03 AM
26 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 98% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 7:36 PM
Set: 5:08 AM
27 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 8:01 PM
Set: 6:14 AM
28 Friday
Full Moon
12:20 AM
Sturgeon Moon
Partial lunar eclipse
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 8:23 PM
Set: 7:19 AM
29 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:45 PM
Set: 8:24 AM
30 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 93% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 9:08 PM
Set: 9:31 AM
31 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 87% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 9:34 PM
Set: 10:40 AM
1 Tuesday
2 Wednesday
3 Thursday
4 Friday
5 Saturday