Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Full Moon Sunday, August 1 4:16 PM Sturgeon MoonSupermoon
  • Last Quarter Sunday, August 8 7:11 AM
  • New Moon Sunday, August 15 6:55 PM
  • First Quarter Monday, August 23 10:56 PM
  • Full Moon Tuesday, August 31 12:09 AM Sturgeon MoonBlue MoonSupermoon

Also in August

  • Perseids meteor shower peak on the night of August 11–12 up to 100 meteors an hour in a dark sky; Moon 15% lit, 5 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: August 12–21.

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).

July August 1909 September
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 Sunday
Full Moon
4:16 PM
Sturgeon Moon
Supermoon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 8:10 PM
Set: 4:50 AM
2 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 8:51 PM
Set: 6:04 AM
3 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 95% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 9:25 PM
Set: 7:20 AM
4 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 89% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 9:56 PM
Set: 8:35 AM
5 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 80% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:25 PM
Set: 9:50 AM
6 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 70% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 10:54 PM
Set: 11:03 AM
7 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 59% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 11:23 PM
Set: 12:15 PM
8 Sunday
Last Quarter
7:11 AM
Visible: 48% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 11:56 PM
Set: 1:26 PM
9 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 37% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: –
Set: 2:36 PM
10 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 27% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 12:33 AM
Set: 3:44 PM
11 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Perseids meteor shower
Visible: 18% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 1:16 AM
Set: 4:48 PM
12 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 11% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 2:06 AM
Set: 5:44 PM
Dark night
13 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 5% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 3:02 AM
Set: 6:33 PM
Dark night
14 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 4:02 AM
Set: 7:14 PM
Dark night
15 Sunday
New Moon
6:55 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 5:04 AM
Set: 7:48 PM
Dark night
16 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 6:06 AM
Set: 8:17 PM
Dark night
17 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 3% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:07 AM
Set: 8:43 PM
Dark night
18 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 7% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:06 AM
Set: 9:06 PM
Dark night
19 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 12% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:05 AM
Set: 9:29 PM
Dark night
20 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 19% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:03 AM
Set: 9:51 PM
Dark night
21 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 27% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 11:01 AM
Set: 10:15 PM
Dark night
22 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 36% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 12:01 PM
Set: 10:41 PM
23 Monday
First Quarter
10:56 PM
Visible: 46% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 1:02 PM
Set: 11:11 PM
24 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 55% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 2:05 PM
Set: 11:46 PM
25 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 65% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 3:08 PM
Set: –
26 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 75% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 4:10 PM
Set: 12:30 AM
27 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 84% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 5:08 PM
Set: 1:23 AM
28 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 91% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 5:59 PM
Set: 2:26 AM
29 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 6:43 PM
Set: 3:38 AM
30 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 7:21 PM
Set: 4:54 AM
31 Tuesday
Full Moon
12:09 AM
Sturgeon Moon
Blue Moon
Supermoon
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 7:54 PM
Set: 6:11 AM
1 Wednesday
2 Thursday
3 Friday
4 Saturday