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
- New Moon Saturday, July 1 3:22 PM
- First Quarter Saturday, July 8 8:54 AM
- Full Moon Sunday, July 16 9:57 AM Buck MoonMicromoon
- Last Quarter Monday, July 24 7:04 AM
- New Moon Sunday, July 30 10:27 PM
Also in July
- Partial solar eclipse Saturday, July 1, 3:32 PM not visible from Columbus
- Total lunar eclipse Sunday, July 16, 9:56 AM not visible from Columbus
- Partial solar eclipse Sunday, July 30, 10:13 PM not visible from Columbus
Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: July 1–4, July 27–31.
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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25 Sunday
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26 Monday
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27 Tuesday
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28 Wednesday
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29 Thursday
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30 Friday
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1 Saturday
New Moon
3:22 PM
Partial solar eclipse
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 5:55 AM
Set: 9:07 PM
Dark night
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2 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:00 AM
Set: 10:07 PM
Dark night
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3 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 5% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:10 AM
Set: 10:58 PM
Dark night
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4 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 12% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:23 AM
Set: 11:40 PM
Dark night
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5 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 21% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:34 AM
Set: –
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6 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 30% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 11:43 AM
Set: 12:17 AM
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7 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 41% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 12:50 PM
Set: 12:49 AM
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8 Saturday
First Quarter
8:54 AM
Visible: 51% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 1:53 PM
Set: 1:19 AM
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9 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 62% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 2:55 PM
Set: 1:48 AM
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10 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 71% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 3:55 PM
Set: 2:17 AM
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11 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 79% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 4:55 PM
Set: 2:47 AM
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12 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 87% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 5:53 PM
Set: 3:21 AM
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13 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 92% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 6:48 PM
Set: 3:57 AM
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14 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 7:41 PM
Set: 4:38 AM
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15 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 8:30 PM
Set: 5:24 AM
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16 Sunday
Full Moon
9:57 AM
Buck Moon Micromoon
Total lunar eclipse
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 9:14 PM
Set: 6:14 AM
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17 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 9:54 PM
Set: 7:08 AM
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18 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 10:29 PM
Set: 8:04 AM
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19 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 91% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 11:01 PM
Set: 9:03 AM
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20 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 85% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 11:31 PM
Set: 10:02 AM
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21 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 77% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 11:59 PM
Set: 11:02 AM
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22 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 68% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: –
Set: 12:03 PM
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23 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 58% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 12:28 AM
Set: 1:06 PM
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24 Monday
Last Quarter
7:04 AM
Visible: 48% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 12:57 AM
Set: 2:10 PM
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25 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 37% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 1:29 AM
Set: 3:18 PM
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26 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 26% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 2:05 AM
Set: 4:27 PM
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27 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 17% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 2:47 AM
Set: 5:37 PM
Dark night
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28 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 9% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 3:38 AM
Set: 6:46 PM
Dark night
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29 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 3% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 4:37 AM
Set: 7:49 PM
Dark night
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30 Sunday
New Moon
10:27 PM
Partial solar eclipse
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 5:44 AM
Set: 8:44 PM
Dark night
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31 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 6:57 AM
Set: 9:31 PM
Dark night
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1 Tuesday
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2 Wednesday
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3 Thursday
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4 Friday
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5 Saturday
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