The Moon Today
Tonight is a dark night for stargazing: no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness.
Dates and Times of the Phases
- Full Moon Wednesday, July 7 5:36 AM Buck MoonSupermoon
- Last Quarter Wednesday, July 14 2:40 AM
- New Moon Thursday, July 22 6:35 AM
- First Quarter Thursday, July 29 10:03 PM
Also in July
- Partial lunar eclipse Wednesday, July 7, 5:28 AM visible from Columbus
Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: July 18–28.
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).
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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27 Sunday
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28 Monday
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29 Tuesday
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30 Wednesday
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1 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 60% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 2:58 PM
Set: 1:04 AM
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2 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 71% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 4:10 PM
Set: 1:36 AM
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3 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 80% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 5:23 PM
Set: 2:13 AM
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4 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 89% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 6:35 PM
Set: 3:00 AM
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5 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 95% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 7:41 PM
Set: 3:57 AM
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6 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 8:38 PM
Set: 5:04 AM
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7 Wednesday
Full Moon
5:36 AM
Buck Moon Supermoon
Partial lunar eclipse
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 9:26 PM
Set: 6:19 AM
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8 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 10:05 PM
Set: 7:37 AM
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9 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 92% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 10:38 PM
Set: 8:53 AM
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10 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 85% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 11:07 PM
Set: 10:07 AM
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11 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 76% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 11:34 PM
Set: 11:16 AM
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12 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 66% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: –
Set: 12:23 PM
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13 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 56% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 12:01 AM
Set: 1:28 PM
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14 Wednesday
Last Quarter
2:40 AM
Visible: 46% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 12:28 AM
Set: 2:32 PM
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15 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 36% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 12:58 AM
Set: 3:34 PM
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16 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 27% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 1:31 AM
Set: 4:34 PM
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17 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 19% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 2:09 AM
Set: 5:31 PM
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18 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 12% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 2:52 AM
Set: 6:23 PM
Dark night
|
19 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 7% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 3:41 AM
Set: 7:10 PM
Dark night
|
20 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 3% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 4:35 AM
Set: 7:52 PM
Dark night
|
21 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 5:33 AM
Set: 8:27 PM
Dark night
|
22 Thursday
New Moon
6:35 AM
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 6:33 AM
Set: 8:59 PM
Dark night
|
23 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:34 AM
Set: 9:27 PM
Dark night
|
24 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 5% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:35 AM
Set: 9:52 PM
Dark night
|
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25 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 10% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:36 AM
Set: 10:17 PM
Dark night
|
26 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 17% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 10:39 AM
Set: 10:42 PM
Dark night
|
27 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 25% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 11:42 AM
Set: 11:08 PM
Dark night
|
28 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 35% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 12:48 PM
Set: 11:37 PM
Dark night
|
29 Thursday
First Quarter
10:03 PM
Visible: 45% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 1:56 PM
Set: –
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30 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 56% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 3:06 PM
Set: 12:11 AM
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31 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 68% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 4:16 PM
Set: 12:53 AM
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