Dates and Times of the Phases

  • First Quarter Tuesday, May 4 7:11 AM
  • Full Moon Monday, May 10 10:32 PM Flower MoonSupermoon
  • Last Quarter Tuesday, May 18 7:32 AM
  • New Moon Wednesday, May 26 8:59 AM

Also in May

  • Eta Aquariids meteor shower peak on the night of May 6–7 up to 50 meteors an hour in a dark sky; Moon 76% lit, 0 of 6 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus
  • Dragon Boat Festival Sunday, May 30 Chinese calendar

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: May 19–29.

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).

April May 2055 June
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
25 Sunday
26 Monday
27 Tuesday
28 Wednesday
29 Thursday
30 Friday
1 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 21% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:06 AM
Set: 12:05 AM
2 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 31% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 11:01 AM
Set: 1:00 AM
3 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 41% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 12:02 PM
Set: 1:51 AM
4 Tuesday
First Quarter
7:11 AM
Visible: 52% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 1:07 PM
Set: 2:37 AM
5 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 64% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 2:16 PM
Set: 3:19 AM
6 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Eta Aquariids meteor shower
Visible: 74% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 3:26 PM
Set: 3:58 AM
7 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 84% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 4:37 PM
Set: 4:34 AM
8 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 92% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 5:49 PM
Set: 5:10 AM
9 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 7:01 PM
Set: 5:45 AM
10 Monday
Full Moon
10:32 PM
Flower Moon
Supermoon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 8:13 PM
Set: 6:22 AM
11 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 9:23 PM
Set: 7:02 AM
12 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 97% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 10:29 PM
Set: 7:46 AM
13 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 92% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 11:30 PM
Set: 8:34 AM
14 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 85% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: –
Set: 9:27 AM
15 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 76% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 12:24 AM
Set: 10:22 AM
16 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 67% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 1:11 AM
Set: 11:19 AM
17 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 58% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 1:52 AM
Set: 12:17 PM
18 Tuesday
Last Quarter
7:32 AM
Visible: 48% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 2:28 AM
Set: 1:14 PM
19 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 39% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 3:00 AM
Set: 2:11 PM
Dark night
20 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 30% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:29 AM
Set: 3:08 PM
Dark night
21 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 22% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:57 AM
Set: 4:04 PM
Dark night
22 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 14% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:25 AM
Set: 5:01 PM
Dark night
23 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 8% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:53 AM
Set: 5:59 PM
Dark night
24 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 4% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:22 AM
Set: 6:58 PM
Dark night
25 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 5:55 AM
Set: 7:58 PM
Dark night
26 Wednesday
New Moon
8:59 AM
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 6:31 AM
Set: 8:59 PM
Dark night
27 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:13 AM
Set: 9:59 PM
Dark night
28 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 5% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:01 AM
Set: 10:56 PM
Dark night
29 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 11% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 8:55 AM
Set: 11:49 PM
Dark night
30 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Dragon Boat Festival
Visible: 18% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 9:55 AM
Set: –
31 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 28% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 11:00 AM
Set: 12:38 AM
1 Tuesday
2 Wednesday
3 Thursday
4 Friday
5 Saturday