Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Full Moon Thursday, July 6 2:12 PM Buck Moon
  • Last Quarter Friday, July 14 4:59 PM
  • New Moon Friday, July 21 11:03 PM
  • First Quarter Friday, July 28 1:42 PM

Also in July

  • Partial lunar eclipse Thursday, July 6, 2:20 PM not visible from Columbus
  • Total solar eclipse Friday, July 21, 10:55 PM not visible from Columbus

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: July 18–27.

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).

June July 2028 August
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
25 Sunday
26 Monday
27 Tuesday
28 Wednesday
29 Thursday
30 Friday
1 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 73% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 4:29 PM
Set: 1:45 AM
2 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 82% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 5:38 PM
Set: 2:21 AM
3 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 90% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 6:44 PM
Set: 3:04 AM
4 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 95% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 7:42 PM
Set: 3:53 AM
5 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 8:32 PM
Set: 4:50 AM
6 Thursday
Full Moon
2:12 PM
Buck Moon
Partial lunar eclipse
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 9:14 PM
Set: 5:51 AM
7 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 9:48 PM
Set: 6:54 AM
8 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 10:17 PM
Set: 7:58 AM
9 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 92% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 10:42 PM
Set: 9:00 AM
10 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 86% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 11:05 PM
Set: 10:00 AM
11 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 79% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 11:27 PM
Set: 10:58 AM
12 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 70% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 11:49 PM
Set: 11:57 AM
13 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 61% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: –
Set: 12:55 PM
14 Friday
Last Quarter
4:59 PM
Visible: 52% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 12:12 AM
Set: 1:55 PM
15 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 42% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 12:37 AM
Set: 2:57 PM
16 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 33% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 1:07 AM
Set: 4:01 PM
17 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 23% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 1:43 AM
Set: 5:06 PM
18 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 15% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 2:27 AM
Set: 6:09 PM
Dark night
19 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 8% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 3:21 AM
Set: 7:08 PM
Dark night
20 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 3% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 4:25 AM
Set: 7:59 PM
Dark night
21 Friday
New Moon
11:03 PM
Total solar eclipse
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 5:37 AM
Set: 8:43 PM
Dark night
22 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 6:53 AM
Set: 9:20 PM
Dark night
23 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 3% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:11 AM
Set: 9:52 PM
Dark night
24 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 9% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:27 AM
Set: 10:21 PM
Dark night
25 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 17% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:42 AM
Set: 10:49 PM
Dark night
26 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 27% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 11:55 AM
Set: 11:17 PM
Dark night
27 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 38% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 1:08 PM
Set: 11:48 PM
Dark night
28 Friday
First Quarter
1:42 PM
Visible: 49% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 2:20 PM
Set: –
29 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 60% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 3:30 PM
Set: 12:23 AM
30 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 70% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 4:37 PM
Set: 1:03 AM
31 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 80% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 5:37 PM
Set: 1:50 AM
1 Tuesday
2 Wednesday
3 Thursday
4 Friday
5 Saturday