Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Thursday, August 3 7:55 AM
  • New Moon Friday, August 11 3:49 AM
  • First Quarter Friday, August 18 12:16 AM
  • Full Moon Friday, August 25 2:02 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 3% lit, 7 of 7 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: August 7–15.

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 2056 September
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
30 Sunday
31 Monday
1 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 67% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: –
Set: 12:20 PM
2 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 58% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 12:14 AM
Set: 1:18 PM
3 Thursday
Last Quarter
7:55 AM
Visible: 48% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 12:41 AM
Set: 2:15 PM
4 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 39% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 1:09 AM
Set: 3:13 PM
5 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 30% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 1:41 AM
Set: 4:11 PM
6 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 22% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 2:18 AM
Set: 5:08 PM
7 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 14% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 2:59 AM
Set: 6:04 PM
Dark night
8 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 8% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 3:48 AM
Set: 6:56 PM
Dark night
9 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 3% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 4:43 AM
Set: 7:45 PM
Dark night
10 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 5:43 AM
Set: 8:28 PM
Dark night
11 Friday
New Moon
3:49 AM
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 6:49 AM
Set: 9:07 PM
Dark night
12 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Perseids meteor shower
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:56 AM
Set: 9:43 PM
Dark night
13 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 7% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:05 AM
Set: 10:15 PM
Dark night
14 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 14% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 10:15 AM
Set: 10:47 PM
Dark night
15 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 23% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 11:25 AM
Set: 11:19 PM
Dark night
16 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 33% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 12:35 PM
Set: 11:52 PM
17 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 44% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 1:45 PM
Set: –
18 Friday
First Quarter
12:16 AM
Visible: 56% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 2:56 PM
Set: 12:29 AM
19 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 67% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 4:04 PM
Set: 1:10 AM
20 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 77% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 5:09 PM
Set: 1:58 AM
21 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 86% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 6:07 PM
Set: 2:52 AM
22 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 92% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 6:58 PM
Set: 3:51 AM
23 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 7:41 PM
Set: 4:55 AM
24 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 8:19 PM
Set: 6:00 AM
25 Friday
Full Moon
2:02 AM
Sturgeon Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 8:51 PM
Set: 7:04 AM
26 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 9:21 PM
Set: 8:07 AM
27 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 94% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 9:48 PM
Set: 9:09 AM
28 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 88% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:14 PM
Set: 10:08 AM
29 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 81% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:41 PM
Set: 11:07 AM
30 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 73% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 11:09 PM
Set: 12:05 PM
31 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 65% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 11:39 PM
Set: 1:02 PM
1 Friday
2 Saturday