Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Saturday, May 6 9:32 AM
  • New Moon Sunday, May 14 12:08 PM
  • First Quarter Monday, May 22 7:52 AM
  • Full Moon Sunday, May 28 9:59 PM Flower MoonSupermoon

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 55% lit, 4 of 6 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus
  • Shavuot Sunday, May 21 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 7–17, May 30.

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 2056 June
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
30 Sunday
1 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 95% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 10:59 PM
Set: 8:10 AM
2 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 88% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: –
Set: 8:59 AM
3 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 79% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 12:07 AM
Set: 9:53 AM
4 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 70% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 1:07 AM
Set: 10:53 AM
5 Friday
Waning gibbous
Eta Aquariids meteor shower
Visible: 59% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 1:59 AM
Set: 11:54 AM
6 Saturday
Last Quarter
9:32 AM
Visible: 49% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 2:42 AM
Set: 12:57 PM
7 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 39% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 3:20 AM
Set: 1:58 PM
Dark night
8 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 30% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:52 AM
Set: 2:58 PM
Dark night
9 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 21% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:20 AM
Set: 3:57 PM
Dark night
10 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 14% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:47 AM
Set: 4:54 PM
Dark night
11 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 8% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 5:13 AM
Set: 5:51 PM
Dark night
12 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 4% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:39 AM
Set: 6:48 PM
Dark night
13 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:06 AM
Set: 7:45 PM
Dark night
14 Sunday
New Moon
12:08 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 6:35 AM
Set: 8:43 PM
Dark night
15 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:08 AM
Set: 9:41 PM
Dark night
16 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 4% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:45 AM
Set: 10:37 PM
Dark night
17 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 8% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:27 AM
Set: 11:32 PM
Dark night
18 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 14% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:16 AM
Set: –
19 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 22% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:10 AM
Set: 12:22 AM
20 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 31% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 11:09 AM
Set: 1:09 AM
21 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Shavuot
Visible: 41% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 12:12 PM
Set: 1:51 AM
22 Monday
First Quarter
7:52 AM
Visible: 52% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 1:18 PM
Set: 2:29 AM
23 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 63% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 2:26 PM
Set: 3:03 AM
24 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 74% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 3:36 PM
Set: 3:36 AM
25 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 83% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 4:48 PM
Set: 4:09 AM
26 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 91% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 6:02 PM
Set: 4:42 AM
27 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 7:17 PM
Set: 5:18 AM
28 Sunday
Full Moon
9:59 PM
Flower Moon
Supermoon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 8:33 PM
Set: 5:58 AM
29 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 9:45 PM
Set: 6:44 AM
30 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 10:51 PM
Set: 7:36 AM
Dark night
31 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 91% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 11:49 PM
Set: 8:35 AM
1 Thursday
2 Friday
3 Saturday