Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Thursday, August 7 6:27 AM
  • New Moon Wednesday, August 13 8:43 PM
  • First Quarter Thursday, August 21 12:28 AM
  • Full Moon Friday, August 29 3:55 AM Sturgeon Moon

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 2% lit, 7 of 7 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus
  • Islamic New Year 1476 AH Friday, August 15 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
  • Penumbral lunar eclipse Friday, August 29, 4:04 AM visible from Columbus

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: August 10–18.

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 2053 September
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
27 Sunday
28 Monday
29 Tuesday
30 Wednesday
31 Thursday
1 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 9:48 PM
Set: 8:20 AM
2 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 92% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 10:19 PM
Set: 9:18 AM
3 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 86% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:51 PM
Set: 10:17 AM
4 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 78% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 11:23 PM
Set: 11:16 AM
5 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 69% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 11:56 PM
Set: 12:18 PM
6 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 58% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: –
Set: 1:21 PM
7 Thursday
Last Quarter
6:27 AM
Visible: 47% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 12:33 AM
Set: 2:25 PM
8 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 36% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 1:14 AM
Set: 3:30 PM
9 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 26% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 2:01 AM
Set: 4:35 PM
10 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 16% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 2:55 AM
Set: 5:37 PM
Dark night
11 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 8% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 3:56 AM
Set: 6:35 PM
Dark night
12 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Perseids meteor shower
Visible: 3% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:02 AM
Set: 7:27 PM
Dark night
13 Wednesday
New Moon
8:43 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 6:12 AM
Set: 8:14 PM
Dark night
14 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:23 AM
Set: 8:55 PM
Dark night
15 Friday
Waxing crescent
Islamic New Year 1476 AH
Visible: 4% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:34 AM
Set: 9:33 PM
Dark night
16 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 9% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:42 AM
Set: 10:09 PM
Dark night
17 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 17% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 10:48 AM
Set: 10:43 PM
Dark night
18 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 26% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 11:51 AM
Set: 11:17 PM
Dark night
19 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 35% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 12:52 PM
Set: 11:53 PM
20 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 45% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 1:50 PM
Set: –
21 Thursday
First Quarter
12:28 AM
Visible: 55% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 2:46 PM
Set: 12:30 AM
22 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 64% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 3:40 PM
Set: 1:10 AM
23 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 73% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 4:29 PM
Set: 1:53 AM
24 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 81% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 5:16 PM
Set: 2:39 AM
25 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 88% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 5:59 PM
Set: 3:29 AM
26 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 93% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 6:38 PM
Set: 4:21 AM
27 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 7:15 PM
Set: 5:16 AM
28 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 7:49 PM
Set: 6:13 AM
29 Friday
Full Moon
3:55 AM
Sturgeon Moon
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 8:22 PM
Set: 7:11 AM
30 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:54 PM
Set: 8:10 AM
31 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 94% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 9:26 PM
Set: 9:10 AM
1 Monday
2 Tuesday
3 Wednesday
4 Thursday
5 Friday
6 Saturday