Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Full Moon Wednesday, May 8 6:16 AM Flower Moon
  • Last Quarter Wednesday, May 15 12:01 AM
  • New Moon Wednesday, May 22 6:27 AM
  • First Quarter Thursday, May 30 9:35 AM

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 96% lit, 0 of 6 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus
  • Partial solar eclipse Wednesday, May 22, 6:38 AM not visible from Columbus
  • Shavuot Wednesday, May 29 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 15–24.

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 2058 June
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
28 Sunday
29 Monday
30 Tuesday
1 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 58% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 1:27 PM
Set: 3:26 AM
2 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 67% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 2:28 PM
Set: 3:58 AM
3 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 76% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 3:30 PM
Set: 4:25 AM
4 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 84% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 4:33 PM
Set: 4:51 AM
5 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Eta Aquariids meteor shower
Visible: 91% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 5:38 PM
Set: 5:16 AM
6 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 96% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 6:45 PM
Set: 5:41 AM
7 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 7:54 PM
Set: 6:09 AM
8 Wednesday
Full Moon
6:16 AM
Flower Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 9:07 PM
Set: 6:39 AM
9 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 10:21 PM
Set: 7:16 AM
10 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 93% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 11:33 PM
Set: 7:59 AM
11 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 86% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: –
Set: 8:52 AM
12 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 77% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 12:39 AM
Set: 9:55 AM
13 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 67% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 1:36 AM
Set: 11:04 AM
14 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 56% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 2:23 AM
Set: 12:16 PM
15 Wednesday
Last Quarter
12:01 AM
Visible: 44% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 3:02 AM
Set: 1:29 PM
Dark night
16 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 33% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 3:35 AM
Set: 2:39 PM
Dark night
17 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 23% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 4:04 AM
Set: 3:48 PM
Dark night
18 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 15% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:30 AM
Set: 4:55 PM
Dark night
19 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 8% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:56 AM
Set: 6:01 PM
Dark night
20 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 3% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:22 AM
Set: 7:06 PM
Dark night
21 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 5:51 AM
Set: 8:11 PM
Dark night
22 Wednesday
New Moon
6:27 AM
Partial solar eclipse
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 6:22 AM
Set: 9:15 PM
Dark night
23 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 6:58 AM
Set: 10:16 PM
Dark night
24 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 5% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 7:40 AM
Set: 11:13 PM
Dark night
25 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 10% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:27 AM
Set: –
26 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 16% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:20 AM
Set: 12:04 AM
27 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 24% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:16 AM
Set: 12:48 AM
28 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 32% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 11:15 AM
Set: 1:26 AM
29 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Shavuot
Visible: 41% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 12:15 PM
Set: 1:58 AM
30 Thursday
First Quarter
9:35 AM
Visible: 51% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 1:16 PM
Set: 2:27 AM
31 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 61% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 2:17 PM
Set: 2:53 AM
1 Saturday