Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Full Moon Tuesday, April 1 1:41 PM Pink MoonSupermoon
  • Last Quarter Tuesday, April 8 10:27 AM
  • New Moon Wednesday, April 16 3:04 PM
  • First Quarter Thursday, April 24 7:18 AM
  • Full Moon Wednesday, April 30 10:09 PM Pink MoonBlue MoonSupermoon

Also in April

  • Passover Tuesday, April 1 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Easter Monday, April 6 Christian; the Sunday after the first Full Moon of spring (by the Church's tables)
  • Islamic New Year 1487 AH Friday, April 18 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
  • Lyrids meteor shower peak on the night of April 21–22 up to 18 meteors an hour in a dark sky; Moon 30% lit, 4 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: April 9–18.

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).

March April 2064 May
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
30 Sunday
31 Monday
1 Tuesday
Full Moon
1:41 PM
Pink Moon
Supermoon
Passover
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 8:20 PM
Set: 6:52 AM
2 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 9:40 PM
Set: 7:21 AM
3 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 94% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 10:59 PM
Set: 7:54 AM
4 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 88% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: –
Set: 8:33 AM
5 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 79% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 12:15 AM
Set: 9:19 AM
6 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Easter
Visible: 70% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 1:23 AM
Set: 10:15 AM
7 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 60% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 2:21 AM
Set: 11:16 AM
8 Tuesday
Last Quarter
10:27 AM
Visible: 50% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 3:08 AM
Set: 12:21 PM
9 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 40% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 3:45 AM
Set: 1:26 PM
Dark night
10 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 30% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 4:15 AM
Set: 2:30 PM
Dark night
11 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 22% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 4:41 AM
Set: 3:31 PM
Dark night
12 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 15% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 5:03 AM
Set: 4:31 PM
Dark night
13 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 9% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 5:23 AM
Set: 5:30 PM
Dark night
14 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 4% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:43 AM
Set: 6:28 PM
Dark night
15 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:03 AM
Set: 7:28 PM
Dark night
16 Wednesday
New Moon
3:04 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 6:25 AM
Set: 8:29 PM
Dark night
17 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 6:50 AM
Set: 9:32 PM
Dark night
18 Friday
Waxing crescent
Islamic New Year 1487 AH
Visible: 3% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:20 AM
Set: 10:36 PM
Dark night
19 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 8% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 7:56 AM
Set: 11:39 PM
20 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 14% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 8:40 AM
Set: –
21 Monday
Waxing crescent
Lyrids meteor shower
Visible: 22% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 9:33 AM
Set: 12:39 AM
22 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 31% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:34 AM
Set: 1:32 AM
23 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 41% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 11:43 AM
Set: 2:17 AM
24 Thursday
First Quarter
7:18 AM
Visible: 52% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 12:54 PM
Set: 2:56 AM
25 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 63% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 2:08 PM
Set: 3:28 AM
26 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 74% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 3:22 PM
Set: 3:57 AM
27 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 84% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 4:36 PM
Set: 4:23 AM
28 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 92% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 5:52 PM
Set: 4:49 AM
29 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 7:10 PM
Set: 5:17 AM
30 Wednesday
Full Moon
10:09 PM
Pink Moon
Blue Moon
Supermoon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 8:29 PM
Set: 5:47 AM
1 Thursday
2 Friday
3 Saturday