Dates and Times of the Phases

  • First Quarter Monday, May 1 10:27 PM
  • Full Moon Monday, May 8 3:49 PM Flower Moon
  • Last Quarter Tuesday, May 16 6:44 AM
  • New Moon Wednesday, May 24 4:18 AM
  • First Quarter Wednesday, May 31 3:38 AM

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 89% lit, 0 of 6 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus
  • Eid al-Adha Friday, May 5 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
  • Islamic New Year 1450 AH Thursday, May 25 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
  • Dragon Boat Festival Sunday, May 28 Chinese calendar
  • Shavuot Wednesday, May 31 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: May 18–26.

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 2028 June
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
30 Sunday
1 Monday
First Quarter
10:27 PM
Visible: 45% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 12:24 PM
Set: 2:12 AM
2 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 57% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 1:37 PM
Set: 2:47 AM
3 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 68% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 2:50 PM
Set: 3:17 AM
4 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 78% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 4:02 PM
Set: 3:45 AM
5 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Eta Aquariids meteor shower
Eid al-Adha
Visible: 87% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 5:15 PM
Set: 4:12 AM
6 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 94% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 6:29 PM
Set: 4:40 AM
7 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 98% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 7:44 PM
Set: 5:12 AM
8 Monday
Full Moon
3:49 PM
Flower Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 8:57 PM
Set: 5:47 AM
9 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 10:06 PM
Set: 6:29 AM
10 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 11:08 PM
Set: 7:19 AM
11 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 91% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: –
Set: 8:15 AM
12 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 84% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 12:01 AM
Set: 9:16 AM
13 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 76% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 12:44 AM
Set: 10:19 AM
14 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 67% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 1:19 AM
Set: 11:22 AM
15 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 57% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 1:49 AM
Set: 12:23 PM
16 Tuesday
Last Quarter
6:44 AM
Visible: 48% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 2:14 AM
Set: 1:23 PM
17 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 39% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 2:37 AM
Set: 2:22 PM
18 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 30% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 2:59 AM
Set: 3:20 PM
Dark night
19 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 21% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 3:21 AM
Set: 4:20 PM
Dark night
20 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 14% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 3:44 AM
Set: 5:21 PM
Dark night
21 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 8% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:10 AM
Set: 6:24 PM
Dark night
22 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 3% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 4:39 AM
Set: 7:30 PM
Dark night
23 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 5:15 AM
Set: 8:36 PM
Dark night
24 Wednesday
New Moon
4:18 AM
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 5:59 AM
Set: 9:40 PM
Dark night
25 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Islamic New Year 1450 AH
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 6:52 AM
Set: 10:38 PM
Dark night
26 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 6% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 7:54 AM
Set: 11:29 PM
Dark night
27 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 13% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:03 AM
Set: –
28 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Dragon Boat Festival
Visible: 22% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:15 AM
Set: 12:12 AM
29 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 32% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 11:28 AM
Set: 12:49 AM
30 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 43% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 12:41 PM
Set: 1:20 AM
31 Wednesday
First Quarter
3:38 AM
Shavuot
Visible: 54% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 1:52 PM
Set: 1:48 AM
1 Thursday
2 Friday
3 Saturday