Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Full Moon Wednesday, May 3 8:17 AM Flower MoonMicromoon
  • Last Quarter Thursday, May 11 6:58 AM
  • New Moon Wednesday, May 17 11:14 PM
  • First Quarter Wednesday, May 24 7:58 PM

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 92% lit, 0 of 6 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus
  • Shavuot Wednesday, May 24 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 12–20.

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 2034 June
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
30 Sunday
1 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 6:53 PM
Set: 5:44 AM
2 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 14 days
Rise: 7:49 PM
Set: 6:15 AM
3 Wednesday
Full Moon
8:17 AM
Flower Moon
Micromoon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 8:44 PM
Set: 6:47 AM
4 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 9:38 PM
Set: 7:23 AM
5 Friday
Waning gibbous
Eta Aquariids meteor shower
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 10:31 PM
Set: 8:02 AM
6 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 91% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 11:22 PM
Set: 8:45 AM
7 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 85% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: –
Set: 9:32 AM
8 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 77% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 12:10 AM
Set: 10:24 AM
9 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 68% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 12:55 AM
Set: 11:19 AM
10 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 58% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 1:36 AM
Set: 12:18 PM
11 Thursday
Last Quarter
6:58 AM
Visible: 48% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 2:16 AM
Set: 1:20 PM
12 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 37% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 2:53 AM
Set: 2:24 PM
Dark night
13 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 27% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:29 AM
Set: 3:31 PM
Dark night
14 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 17% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:05 AM
Set: 4:40 PM
Dark night
15 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 9% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:42 AM
Set: 5:51 PM
Dark night
16 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 3% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:23 AM
Set: 7:04 PM
Dark night
17 Wednesday
New Moon
11:14 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:07 AM
Set: 8:17 PM
Dark night
18 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 6:56 AM
Set: 9:27 PM
Dark night
19 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 4% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:50 AM
Set: 10:32 PM
Dark night
20 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 9% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:49 AM
Set: 11:29 PM
Dark night
21 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 17% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 9:52 AM
Set: –
22 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 26% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:55 AM
Set: 12:20 AM
23 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 36% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 11:57 AM
Set: 1:03 AM
24 Wednesday
First Quarter
7:58 PM
Shavuot
Visible: 47% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 12:58 PM
Set: 1:42 AM
25 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 57% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 1:57 PM
Set: 2:16 AM
26 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 66% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 2:55 PM
Set: 2:47 AM
27 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 75% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 3:52 PM
Set: 3:17 AM
28 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 83% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 4:48 PM
Set: 3:47 AM
29 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 89% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 5:43 PM
Set: 4:17 AM
30 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 94% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 6:38 PM
Set: 4:49 AM
31 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 98% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 7:33 PM
Set: 5:24 AM
1 Thursday
2 Friday
3 Saturday