Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Full Moon Thursday, August 4 5:57 AM Sturgeon Moon
  • Last Quarter Thursday, August 11 3:38 PM
  • New Moon Friday, August 19 4:51 PM
  • First Quarter Friday, August 26 7:18 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 35% lit, 3 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 16–24.

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 2039 September
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
31 Sunday
1 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 90% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 6:48 PM
Set: 3:09 AM
2 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 96% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 7:50 PM
Set: 4:08 AM
3 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 8:42 PM
Set: 5:16 AM
4 Thursday
Full Moon
5:57 AM
Sturgeon Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 9:25 PM
Set: 6:28 AM
5 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 10:00 PM
Set: 7:41 AM
6 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 93% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 10:30 PM
Set: 8:52 AM
7 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 87% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:57 PM
Set: 10:00 AM
8 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 79% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 11:22 PM
Set: 11:04 AM
9 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 70% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 11:47 PM
Set: 12:07 PM
10 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 61% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: –
Set: 1:08 PM
11 Thursday
Last Quarter
3:38 PM
Visible: 52% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 12:13 AM
Set: 2:08 PM
12 Friday
Waning crescent
Perseids meteor shower
Visible: 42% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 12:40 AM
Set: 3:08 PM
13 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 33% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 1:11 AM
Set: 4:07 PM
14 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 24% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 1:47 AM
Set: 5:05 PM
15 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 17% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 2:29 AM
Set: 5:59 PM
16 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 10% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 3:17 AM
Set: 6:49 PM
Dark night
17 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 5% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 4:12 AM
Set: 7:33 PM
Dark night
18 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 5:12 AM
Set: 8:12 PM
Dark night
19 Friday
New Moon
4:51 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 6:16 AM
Set: 8:46 PM
Dark night
20 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:22 AM
Set: 9:16 PM
Dark night
21 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 4% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:28 AM
Set: 9:44 PM
Dark night
22 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 9% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:35 AM
Set: 10:11 PM
Dark night
23 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 16% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 10:43 AM
Set: 10:38 PM
Dark night
24 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 25% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 11:52 AM
Set: 11:07 PM
Dark night
25 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 35% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 1:03 PM
Set: 11:39 PM
26 Friday
First Quarter
7:18 PM
Visible: 47% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 2:15 PM
Set: –
27 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 58% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 3:27 PM
Set: 12:17 AM
28 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 69% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 4:36 PM
Set: 1:03 AM
29 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 79% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 5:39 PM
Set: 1:57 AM
30 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 88% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 6:34 PM
Set: 3:00 AM
31 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 94% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 7:19 PM
Set: 4:09 AM
1 Thursday
2 Friday
3 Saturday