Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Full Moon Friday, May 2 4:27 PM Flower Moon
  • Last Quarter Saturday, May 10 7:44 PM
  • New Moon Saturday, May 17 11:45 PM
  • First Quarter Saturday, May 24 2:06 PM

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 89% lit, 1 of 6 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus
  • Eid al-Fitr Monday, May 19 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
  • Shavuot Friday, May 23 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 12–20.

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 2053 June
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
27 Sunday
28 Monday
29 Tuesday
30 Wednesday
1 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 7:26 PM
Set: 6:04 AM
2 Friday
Full Moon
4:27 PM
Flower Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 8:25 PM
Set: 6:38 AM
3 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 9:22 PM
Set: 7:14 AM
4 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 97% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 10:17 PM
Set: 7:52 AM
5 Monday
Waning gibbous
Eta Aquariids meteor shower
Visible: 93% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 11:08 PM
Set: 8:34 AM
6 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 87% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 11:57 PM
Set: 9:19 AM
7 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 80% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: –
Set: 10:07 AM
8 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 72% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 12:41 AM
Set: 10:58 AM
9 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 63% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 1:22 AM
Set: 11:51 AM
10 Saturday
Last Quarter
7:44 PM
Visible: 53% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 2:00 AM
Set: 12:47 PM
11 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 43% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 2:35 AM
Set: 1:45 PM
12 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 34% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 3:09 AM
Set: 2:44 PM
Dark night
13 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 24% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:41 AM
Set: 3:46 PM
Dark night
14 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 16% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:15 AM
Set: 4:50 PM
Dark night
15 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 8% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:49 AM
Set: 5:56 PM
Dark night
16 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 3% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:27 AM
Set: 7:05 PM
Dark night
17 Saturday
New Moon
11:45 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:08 AM
Set: 8:15 PM
Dark night
18 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 6:55 AM
Set: 9:24 PM
Dark night
19 Monday
Waxing crescent
Eid al-Fitr
Visible: 3% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:49 AM
Set: 10:30 PM
Dark night
20 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 9% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:48 AM
Set: 11:30 PM
Dark night
21 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 17% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 9:52 AM
Set: –
22 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 27% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:59 AM
Set: 12:24 AM
23 Friday
Waxing crescent
Shavuot
Visible: 38% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 12:06 PM
Set: 1:10 AM
24 Saturday
First Quarter
2:06 PM
Visible: 49% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 1:12 PM
Set: 1:51 AM
25 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 60% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 2:16 PM
Set: 2:28 AM
26 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 70% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 3:19 PM
Set: 3:02 AM
27 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 79% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 4:19 PM
Set: 3:34 AM
28 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 87% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 5:19 PM
Set: 4:07 AM
29 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 93% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 6:18 PM
Set: 4:39 AM
30 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 7:15 PM
Set: 5:14 AM
31 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 14 days
Rise: 8:10 PM
Set: 5:51 AM