Dates and Times of the Phases

  • First Quarter Saturday, May 3 1:56 AM
  • Full Moon Saturday, May 10 4:10 AM Flower Moon
  • Last Quarter Sunday, May 18 4:42 AM
  • New Moon Sunday, May 25 3:19 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 79% lit, 0 of 6 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus
  • Dragon Boat Festival Friday, May 30 Chinese calendar

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: May 19–28.

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 2036 June
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
27 Sunday
28 Monday
29 Tuesday
30 Wednesday
1 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 32% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 11:12 AM
Set: 1:03 AM
2 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 43% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 12:16 PM
Set: 1:57 AM
3 Saturday
First Quarter
1:56 AM
Visible: 55% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 1:24 PM
Set: 2:44 AM
4 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 66% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 2:31 PM
Set: 3:26 AM
5 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Eta Aquariids meteor shower
Visible: 76% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 3:39 PM
Set: 4:03 AM
6 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 85% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 4:45 PM
Set: 4:38 AM
7 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 92% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 5:51 PM
Set: 5:11 AM
8 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 6:55 PM
Set: 5:44 AM
9 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 7:59 PM
Set: 6:17 AM
10 Saturday
Full Moon
4:10 AM
Flower Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 9:00 PM
Set: 6:53 AM
11 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 10:00 PM
Set: 7:31 AM
12 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 94% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 10:55 PM
Set: 8:12 AM
13 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 89% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 11:47 PM
Set: 8:57 AM
14 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 82% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: –
Set: 9:46 AM
15 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 74% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 12:34 AM
Set: 10:37 AM
16 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 66% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 1:16 AM
Set: 11:31 AM
17 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 57% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 1:54 AM
Set: 12:26 PM
18 Sunday
Last Quarter
4:42 AM
Visible: 47% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 2:28 AM
Set: 1:23 PM
19 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 38% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 3:00 AM
Set: 2:20 PM
Dark night
20 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 28% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:31 AM
Set: 3:19 PM
Dark night
21 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 20% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:01 AM
Set: 4:20 PM
Dark night
22 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 12% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:32 AM
Set: 5:23 PM
Dark night
23 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 6% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:04 AM
Set: 6:28 PM
Dark night
24 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 5:40 AM
Set: 7:35 PM
Dark night
25 Sunday
New Moon
3:19 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 6:20 AM
Set: 8:44 PM
Dark night
26 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:07 AM
Set: 9:51 PM
Dark night
27 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 5% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:00 AM
Set: 10:54 PM
Dark night
28 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 11% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:01 AM
Set: 11:52 PM
Dark night
29 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 20% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:06 AM
Set: –
30 Friday
Waxing crescent
Dragon Boat Festival
Visible: 30% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 11:14 AM
Set: 12:43 AM
31 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 41% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 12:23 PM
Set: 1:27 AM