Dates and Times of the Phases

  • First Quarter Friday, August 2 9:20 AM
  • Full Moon Saturday, August 10 8:55 AM Sturgeon Moon
  • Last Quarter Saturday, August 17 10:46 AM
  • New Moon Saturday, August 24 7:08 AM

Also in August

  • Eid al-Adha Monday, August 5 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
  • Perseids meteor shower peak on the night of August 12–13 up to 100 meteors an hour in a dark sky; Moon 94% lit, 0 of 7 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus
  • Islamic New Year 1475 AH Monday, August 26 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 20–29.

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 2052 September
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
28 Sunday
29 Monday
30 Tuesday
31 Wednesday
1 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 42% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 1:20 PM
Set: –
2 Friday
First Quarter
9:20 AM
Visible: 51% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 2:16 PM
Set: 12:27 AM
3 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 61% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 3:11 PM
Set: 1:02 AM
4 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 70% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 4:04 PM
Set: 1:39 AM
5 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Eid al-Adha
Visible: 78% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 4:56 PM
Set: 2:21 AM
6 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 85% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 5:45 PM
Set: 3:06 AM
7 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 92% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 6:30 PM
Set: 3:56 AM
8 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 96% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 7:13 PM
Set: 4:49 AM
9 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 7:53 PM
Set: 5:47 AM
10 Saturday
Full Moon
8:55 AM
Sturgeon Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 8:30 PM
Set: 6:47 AM
11 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 9:06 PM
Set: 7:49 AM
12 Monday
Waning gibbous
Perseids meteor shower
Visible: 95% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 9:40 PM
Set: 8:53 AM
13 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 89% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 10:15 PM
Set: 9:58 AM
14 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 81% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:50 PM
Set: 11:03 AM
15 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 71% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 11:28 PM
Set: 12:10 PM
16 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 61% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: –
Set: 1:17 PM
17 Saturday
Last Quarter
10:46 AM
Visible: 49% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 12:10 AM
Set: 2:23 PM
18 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 38% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 12:57 AM
Set: 3:28 PM
19 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 27% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 1:49 AM
Set: 4:29 PM
20 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 18% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 2:46 AM
Set: 5:25 PM
Dark night
21 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 10% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 3:48 AM
Set: 6:15 PM
Dark night
22 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 4% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 4:53 AM
Set: 7:00 PM
Dark night
23 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 5:58 AM
Set: 7:39 PM
Dark night
24 Saturday
New Moon
7:08 AM
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:03 AM
Set: 8:16 PM
Dark night
25 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:07 AM
Set: 8:49 PM
Dark night
26 Monday
Waxing crescent
Islamic New Year 1475 AH
Visible: 5% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:09 AM
Set: 9:22 PM
Dark night
27 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 11% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 10:09 AM
Set: 9:54 PM
Dark night
28 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 18% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 11:08 AM
Set: 10:26 PM
Dark night
29 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 26% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 12:05 PM
Set: 11:00 PM
Dark night
30 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 35% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 1:01 PM
Set: 11:37 PM
31 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 44% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 1:55 PM
Set: –