Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Full Moon Tuesday, August 2 10:23 PM Sturgeon MoonSupermoon
  • Last Quarter Tuesday, August 9 12:50 PM
  • New Moon Wednesday, August 17 7:48 AM
  • First Quarter Thursday, August 25 10:57 AM

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 17% lit, 5 of 7 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus
  • Eid al-Adha Sunday, August 28 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: August 13–23.

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).

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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
31 Sunday
1 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 7:29 PM
Set: 4:50 AM
2 Tuesday
Full Moon
10:23 PM
Sturgeon Moon
Supermoon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 8:13 PM
Set: 6:01 AM
3 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 8:54 PM
Set: 7:14 AM
4 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 9:31 PM
Set: 8:29 AM
5 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 90% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 10:06 PM
Set: 9:42 AM
6 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 82% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:42 PM
Set: 10:55 AM
7 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 72% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 11:19 PM
Set: 12:06 PM
8 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 61% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 11:58 PM
Set: 1:14 PM
9 Tuesday
Last Quarter
12:50 PM
Visible: 50% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: –
Set: 2:20 PM
10 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 40% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 12:41 AM
Set: 3:22 PM
11 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 30% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 1:27 AM
Set: 4:19 PM
12 Friday
Waning crescent
Perseids meteor shower
Visible: 21% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 2:18 AM
Set: 5:10 PM
13 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 13% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 3:11 AM
Set: 5:56 PM
Dark night
14 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 7% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:07 AM
Set: 6:36 PM
Dark night
15 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 3% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:04 AM
Set: 7:11 PM
Dark night
16 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:02 AM
Set: 7:43 PM
Dark night
17 Wednesday
New Moon
7:48 AM
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 6:59 AM
Set: 8:13 PM
Dark night
18 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:56 AM
Set: 8:41 PM
Dark night
19 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 4% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:52 AM
Set: 9:08 PM
Dark night
20 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 9% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:48 AM
Set: 9:36 PM
Dark night
21 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 15% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 10:45 AM
Set: 10:05 PM
Dark night
22 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 22% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 11:42 AM
Set: 10:36 PM
Dark night
23 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 31% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 12:40 PM
Set: 11:11 PM
Dark night
24 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 41% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 1:38 PM
Set: 11:51 PM
25 Thursday
First Quarter
10:57 AM
Visible: 51% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 2:36 PM
Set: –
26 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 61% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 3:33 PM
Set: 12:37 AM
27 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 71% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 4:27 PM
Set: 1:30 AM
28 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Eid al-Adha
Visible: 81% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 5:17 PM
Set: 2:31 AM
29 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 89% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 6:03 PM
Set: 3:37 AM
30 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 95% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 6:45 PM
Set: 4:48 AM
31 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 7:24 PM
Set: 6:02 AM
1 Thursday
2 Friday
3 Saturday