Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Thursday, May 7 12:58 AM
  • New Moon Friday, May 15 1:57 AM
  • First Quarter Friday, May 22 5:10 AM
  • Full Moon Friday, May 29 12:25 AM Flower Moon

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 60% lit, 4 of 6 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus
  • Shavuot Wednesday, 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 7–17.

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 2037 June
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
26 Sunday
27 Monday
28 Tuesday
29 Wednesday
30 Thursday
1 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 95% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 10:43 PM
Set: 8:06 AM
2 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 90% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 11:45 PM
Set: 8:50 AM
3 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 82% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: –
Set: 9:38 AM
4 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 74% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 12:42 AM
Set: 10:30 AM
5 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Eta Aquariids meteor shower
Visible: 65% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 1:31 AM
Set: 11:25 AM
6 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 55% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 2:15 AM
Set: 12:21 PM
7 Thursday
Last Quarter
12:58 AM
Visible: 46% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 2:52 AM
Set: 1:18 PM
Dark night
8 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 36% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 3:26 AM
Set: 2:15 PM
Dark night
9 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 28% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:56 AM
Set: 3:13 PM
Dark night
10 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 19% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:24 AM
Set: 4:10 PM
Dark night
11 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 12% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:51 AM
Set: 5:07 PM
Dark night
12 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 7% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:18 AM
Set: 6:06 PM
Dark night
13 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 3% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:46 AM
Set: 7:06 PM
Dark night
14 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:17 AM
Set: 8:08 PM
Dark night
15 Friday
New Moon
1:57 AM
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 6:51 AM
Set: 9:11 PM
Dark night
16 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:30 AM
Set: 10:13 PM
Dark night
17 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 6% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:15 AM
Set: 11:14 PM
Dark night
18 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 13% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:07 AM
Set: –
19 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 21% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:06 AM
Set: 12:11 AM
20 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Shavuot
Visible: 31% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 11:10 AM
Set: 1:03 AM
21 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 42% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 12:18 PM
Set: 1:49 AM
22 Friday
First Quarter
5:10 AM
Visible: 53% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 1:27 PM
Set: 2:30 AM
23 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 65% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 2:37 PM
Set: 3:07 AM
24 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 75% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 3:47 PM
Set: 3:41 AM
25 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 85% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 4:57 PM
Set: 4:14 AM
26 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 92% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 6:07 PM
Set: 4:47 AM
27 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 7:16 PM
Set: 5:21 AM
28 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 8:24 PM
Set: 5:59 AM
29 Friday
Full Moon
12:25 AM
Flower Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 9:29 PM
Set: 6:40 AM
30 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 97% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 10:29 PM
Set: 7:26 AM
31 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 93% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 11:23 PM
Set: 8:17 AM
1 Monday
2 Tuesday
3 Wednesday
4 Thursday
5 Friday
6 Saturday