Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Thursday, April 7 12:54 PM
  • New Moon Friday, April 15 4:53 PM
  • First Quarter Friday, April 22 11:53 PM
  • Full Moon Friday, April 29 5:35 PM Pink Moon

Also in April

  • Easter Monday, April 3 Christian; the Sunday after the first Full Moon of spring (by the Church's tables)
  • Lyrids meteor shower peak on the night of April 20–21 up to 18 meteors an hour in a dark sky; Moon 32% 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 1904 May
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
27 Sunday
28 Monday
29 Tuesday
30 Wednesday
31 Thursday
1 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:31 PM
Set: 7:04 AM
2 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 94% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 9:38 PM
Set: 7:43 AM
3 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Easter
Visible: 87% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:42 PM
Set: 8:25 AM
4 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 79% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 11:41 PM
Set: 9:10 AM
5 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 70% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: –
Set: 9:57 AM
6 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 60% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 12:35 AM
Set: 10:47 AM
7 Thursday
Last Quarter
12:54 PM
Visible: 51% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 1:23 AM
Set: 11:39 AM
8 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 41% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 2:07 AM
Set: 12:32 PM
9 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 32% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 2:46 AM
Set: 1:27 PM
Dark night
10 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 23% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:21 AM
Set: 2:22 PM
Dark night
11 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 16% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 3:54 AM
Set: 3:17 PM
Dark night
12 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 10% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:25 AM
Set: 4:13 PM
Dark night
13 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 5% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 4:55 AM
Set: 5:10 PM
Dark night
14 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 5:25 AM
Set: 6:07 PM
Dark night
15 Friday
New Moon
4:53 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 5:56 AM
Set: 7:06 PM
Dark night
16 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 6:29 AM
Set: 8:06 PM
Dark night
17 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 3% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:05 AM
Set: 9:06 PM
Dark night
18 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 8% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 7:46 AM
Set: 10:06 PM
Dark night
19 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 15% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 8:31 AM
Set: 11:05 PM
20 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Lyrids meteor shower
Visible: 24% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 9:22 AM
Set: –
21 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 33% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:18 AM
Set: 12:00 AM
22 Friday
First Quarter
11:53 PM
Visible: 44% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 11:19 AM
Set: 12:53 AM
23 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 56% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 12:24 PM
Set: 1:40 AM
24 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 67% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 1:32 PM
Set: 2:24 AM
25 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 77% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 2:41 PM
Set: 3:05 AM
26 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 86% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 3:51 PM
Set: 3:43 AM
27 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 93% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 5:00 PM
Set: 4:20 AM
28 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 98% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 6:09 PM
Set: 4:57 AM
29 Friday
Full Moon
5:35 PM
Pink Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 7:17 PM
Set: 5:35 AM
30 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 8:23 PM
Set: 6:16 AM