The Moon Today
Tonight is a dark night for stargazing: no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness.
Dates and Times of the Phases
- Last Quarter Saturday, May 5 5:49 AM
- New Moon Sunday, May 13 9:44 AM
- First Quarter Monday, May 21 12:17 AM
- Full Moon Sunday, May 27 2:38 PM Flower MoonSupermoon
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 43% lit, 5 of 6 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus
- Islamic New Year 1451 AH Monday, May 14 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
- Shavuot Sunday, May 20 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 7–15.
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).
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
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29 Sunday
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30 Monday
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1 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 86% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: –
Set: 8:57 AM
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2 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 77% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 12:31 AM
Set: 10:02 AM
|
3 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 68% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 1:17 AM
Set: 11:09 AM
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4 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 58% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 1:55 AM
Set: 12:14 PM
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5 Saturday
Last Quarter
5:49 AM
Eta Aquariids meteor shower
Visible: 47% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 2:26 AM
Set: 1:17 PM
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6 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 38% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 2:54 AM
Set: 2:18 PM
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7 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 29% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:18 AM
Set: 3:17 PM
Dark night
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8 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 20% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 3:42 AM
Set: 4:15 PM
Dark night
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9 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 13% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:05 AM
Set: 5:13 PM
Dark night
|
10 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 8% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:29 AM
Set: 6:12 PM
Dark night
|
11 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 3% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 4:56 AM
Set: 7:11 PM
Dark night
|
12 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 5:26 AM
Set: 8:11 PM
Dark night
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13 Sunday
New Moon
9:44 AM
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 6:01 AM
Set: 9:10 PM
Dark night
|
14 Monday
Waxing crescent
Islamic New Year 1451 AH
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 6:42 AM
Set: 10:06 PM
Dark night
|
15 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 4% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:29 AM
Set: 10:59 PM
Dark night
|
16 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 9% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:24 AM
Set: 11:46 PM
|
17 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 16% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:25 AM
Set: –
|
18 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 24% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:29 AM
Set: 12:28 AM
|
19 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 34% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 11:36 AM
Set: 1:04 AM
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20 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Shavuot
Visible: 44% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 12:44 PM
Set: 1:36 AM
|
21 Monday
First Quarter
12:17 AM
Visible: 56% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 1:53 PM
Set: 2:06 AM
|
22 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 67% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 3:04 PM
Set: 2:34 AM
|
23 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 77% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 4:16 PM
Set: 3:03 AM
|
24 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 86% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 5:31 PM
Set: 3:34 AM
|
25 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 94% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 6:47 PM
Set: 4:09 AM
|
26 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 98% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 8:03 PM
Set: 4:51 AM
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27 Sunday
Full Moon
2:38 PM
Flower Moon Supermoon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 9:13 PM
Set: 5:40 AM
|
28 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 10:15 PM
Set: 6:37 AM
|
29 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 95% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 11:07 PM
Set: 7:41 AM
|
30 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 89% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 11:50 PM
Set: 8:49 AM
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31 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 82% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: –
Set: 9:57 AM
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1 Friday
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2 Saturday
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