Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Thursday, May 8 2:19 AM
  • New Moon Friday, May 16 5:58 AM
  • First Quarter Friday, May 23 2:17 PM
  • Full Moon Friday, May 30 6:37 AM Flower Moon

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 71% lit, 3 of 6 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus
  • Shavuot Wednesday, 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 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).

April May 2064 June
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
27 Sunday
28 Monday
29 Tuesday
30 Wednesday
1 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 9:48 PM
Set: 6:24 AM
2 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 11:02 PM
Set: 7:07 AM
3 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 91% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: –
Set: 8:00 AM
4 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 84% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 12:06 AM
Set: 9:00 AM
5 Monday
Waning gibbous
Eta Aquariids meteor shower
Visible: 75% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 1:00 AM
Set: 10:06 AM
6 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 66% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 1:42 AM
Set: 11:13 AM
7 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 56% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 2:15 AM
Set: 12:19 PM
8 Thursday
Last Quarter
2:19 AM
Visible: 46% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 2:43 AM
Set: 1:22 PM
9 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 37% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 3:06 AM
Set: 2:22 PM
Dark night
10 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 28% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:28 AM
Set: 3:22 PM
Dark night
11 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 20% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 3:48 AM
Set: 4:20 PM
Dark night
12 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 13% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:08 AM
Set: 5:19 PM
Dark night
13 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 7% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:29 AM
Set: 6:20 PM
Dark night
14 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 3% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 4:53 AM
Set: 7:23 PM
Dark night
15 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 5:22 AM
Set: 8:27 PM
Dark night
16 Friday
New Moon
5:58 AM
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 5:56 AM
Set: 9:31 PM
Dark night
17 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 6:38 AM
Set: 10:32 PM
Dark night
18 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 5% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 7:28 AM
Set: 11:28 PM
Dark night
19 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 11% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 8:28 AM
Set: –
20 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 18% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 9:35 AM
Set: 12:16 AM
21 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Shavuot
Visible: 28% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:46 AM
Set: 12:56 AM
22 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 38% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 11:58 AM
Set: 1:30 AM
23 Friday
First Quarter
2:17 PM
Visible: 49% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 1:10 PM
Set: 1:59 AM
24 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 60% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 2:22 PM
Set: 2:26 AM
25 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 71% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 3:34 PM
Set: 2:51 AM
26 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 81% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 4:49 PM
Set: 3:17 AM
27 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 90% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 6:05 PM
Set: 3:45 AM
28 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 96% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 7:23 PM
Set: 4:18 AM
29 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 8:38 PM
Set: 4:57 AM
30 Friday
Full Moon
6:37 AM
Flower Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 9:47 PM
Set: 5:45 AM
31 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 10:47 PM
Set: 6:42 AM