Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Full Moon Friday, May 1 1:25 PM Flower Moon
  • Last Quarter Saturday, May 9 5:14 PM
  • New Moon Saturday, May 16 4:03 PM
  • First Quarter Saturday, May 23 7:12 AM
  • Full Moon Sunday, May 31 4:47 AM Flower MoonBlue MoonMicromoon

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 81% lit, 2 of 6 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus
  • Shavuot Friday, May 22 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Eid al-Adha Wednesday, May 27 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: May 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).

April May 2026 June
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
26 Sunday
27 Monday
28 Tuesday
29 Wednesday
30 Thursday
1 Friday
Full Moon
1:25 PM
Flower Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 8:52 PM
Set: 6:05 AM
2 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 9:55 PM
Set: 6:34 AM
3 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 97% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 10:56 PM
Set: 7:08 AM
4 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 92% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 11:52 PM
Set: 7:49 AM
5 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Eta Aquariids meteor shower
Visible: 86% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: –
Set: 8:37 AM
6 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 79% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 12:42 AM
Set: 9:32 AM
7 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 71% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 1:25 AM
Set: 10:32 AM
8 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 62% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 2:01 AM
Set: 11:36 AM
9 Saturday
Last Quarter
5:14 PM
Visible: 52% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 2:31 AM
Set: 12:40 PM
10 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 42% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 2:58 AM
Set: 1:46 PM
Dark night
11 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 32% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 3:22 AM
Set: 2:52 PM
Dark night
12 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 22% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:45 AM
Set: 4:00 PM
Dark night
13 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 14% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:08 AM
Set: 5:11 PM
Dark night
14 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 7% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 4:33 AM
Set: 6:26 PM
Dark night
15 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 5:03 AM
Set: 7:45 PM
Dark night
16 Saturday
New Moon
4:03 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 5:39 AM
Set: 9:06 PM
Dark night
17 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 6:24 AM
Set: 10:25 PM
Dark night
18 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 5% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 7:22 AM
Set: 11:34 PM
Dark night
19 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 12% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 8:31 AM
Set: –
20 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 20% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 9:47 AM
Set: 12:31 AM
21 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 31% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 11:03 AM
Set: 1:14 AM
22 Friday
Waxing crescent
Shavuot
Visible: 41% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 12:16 PM
Set: 1:49 AM
23 Saturday
First Quarter
7:12 AM
Visible: 52% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 1:26 PM
Set: 2:16 AM
24 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 63% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 2:32 PM
Set: 2:40 AM
25 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 72% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 3:36 PM
Set: 3:02 AM
26 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 81% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 4:38 PM
Set: 3:23 AM
27 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Eid al-Adha
Visible: 88% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 5:41 PM
Set: 3:45 AM
28 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 93% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 6:44 PM
Set: 4:09 AM
29 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 7:47 PM
Set: 4:36 AM
30 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 8:48 PM
Set: 5:09 AM
31 Sunday
Full Moon
4:47 AM
Flower Moon
Blue Moon
Micromoon
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 9:46 PM
Set: 5:47 AM
1 Monday
2 Tuesday
3 Wednesday
4 Thursday
5 Friday
6 Saturday