Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Full Moon Saturday, August 2 9:47 PM Sturgeon MoonSupermoon
  • Last Quarter Saturday, August 9 8:25 PM
  • New Moon Monday, August 18 12:33 AM
  • First Quarter Monday, August 25 2:41 PM

Also in August

  • Perseids meteor shower peak on the night of August 12–13 up to 100 meteors an hour in a dark sky; Moon 20% lit, 4 of 7 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: August 14–23.

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 2031 September
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
27 Sunday
28 Monday
29 Tuesday
30 Wednesday
31 Thursday
1 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 7:31 PM
Set: 4:47 AM
2 Saturday
Full Moon
9:47 PM
Sturgeon Moon
Supermoon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 8:16 PM
Set: 6:01 AM
3 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 8:55 PM
Set: 7:16 AM
4 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 9:30 PM
Set: 8:30 AM
5 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 90% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 10:03 PM
Set: 9:41 AM
6 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 83% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:36 PM
Set: 10:50 AM
7 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 74% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 11:10 PM
Set: 11:57 AM
8 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 64% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 11:45 PM
Set: 1:01 PM
9 Saturday
Last Quarter
8:25 PM
Visible: 54% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: –
Set: 2:03 PM
10 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 44% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 12:22 AM
Set: 3:01 PM
11 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 34% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 1:04 AM
Set: 3:56 PM
12 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Perseids meteor shower
Visible: 25% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 1:49 AM
Set: 4:46 PM
13 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 18% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 2:38 AM
Set: 5:31 PM
14 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 11% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 3:30 AM
Set: 6:12 PM
Dark night
15 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 6% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 4:25 AM
Set: 6:48 PM
Dark night
16 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 5:21 AM
Set: 7:21 PM
Dark night
17 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 6:19 AM
Set: 7:52 PM
Dark night
18 Monday
New Moon
12:33 AM
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:17 AM
Set: 8:21 PM
Dark night
19 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:16 AM
Set: 8:49 PM
Dark night
20 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 6% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:15 AM
Set: 9:17 PM
Dark night
21 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 12% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 10:16 AM
Set: 9:47 PM
Dark night
22 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 19% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 11:18 AM
Set: 10:20 PM
Dark night
23 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 28% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 12:21 PM
Set: 10:56 PM
Dark night
24 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 38% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 1:25 PM
Set: 11:39 PM
25 Monday
First Quarter
2:41 PM
Visible: 49% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 2:29 PM
Set: –
26 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 60% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 3:31 PM
Set: 12:28 AM
27 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 71% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 4:28 PM
Set: 1:25 AM
28 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 81% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 5:20 PM
Set: 2:29 AM
29 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 89% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 6:06 PM
Set: 3:38 AM
30 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 96% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 6:47 PM
Set: 4:51 AM
31 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 7:24 PM
Set: 6:04 AM
1 Monday
2 Tuesday
3 Wednesday
4 Thursday
5 Friday
6 Saturday