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 Thursday, June 3 8:26 PM Strawberry Moon
- Last Quarter Thursday, June 10 9:43 PM
- New Moon Thursday, June 17 6:30 PM
- First Quarter Friday, June 25 1:44 PM
Also in June
- Total lunar eclipse Thursday, June 3, 8:29 PM visible from Columbus
- Total solar eclipse Thursday, June 17, 7:51 PM visible from Columbus as a partial eclipse, 32.2% of the Sun covered
- Dragon Boat Festival Tuesday, June 22 Chinese calendar
Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: June 12–20.
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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30 Sunday
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31 Monday
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1 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 94% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 5:39 PM
Set: 3:46 AM
|
2 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 98% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 6:43 PM
Set: 4:14 AM
|
3 Thursday
Full Moon
8:26 PM
Strawberry Moon
Total lunar eclipse
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 7:48 PM
Set: 4:46 AM
|
4 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 8:53 PM
Set: 5:25 AM
|
5 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 97% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 9:54 PM
Set: 6:13 AM
|
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6 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 92% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 10:50 PM
Set: 7:09 AM
|
7 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 85% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 11:37 PM
Set: 8:13 AM
|
8 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 76% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: –
Set: 9:23 AM
|
9 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 66% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 12:17 AM
Set: 10:35 AM
|
10 Thursday
Last Quarter
9:43 PM
Visible: 55% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 12:52 AM
Set: 11:47 AM
|
11 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 43% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 1:22 AM
Set: 12:59 PM
|
12 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 32% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 1:51 AM
Set: 2:10 PM
Dark night
|
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13 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 22% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 2:19 AM
Set: 3:21 PM
Dark night
|
14 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 13% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 2:48 AM
Set: 4:34 PM
Dark night
|
15 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 6% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 3:20 AM
Set: 5:46 PM
Dark night
|
16 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 3:56 AM
Set: 6:57 PM
Dark night
|
17 Thursday
New Moon
6:30 PM
Total solar eclipse
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 4:38 AM
Set: 8:05 PM
Dark night
|
18 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 5:27 AM
Set: 9:05 PM
Dark night
|
19 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 3% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 6:23 AM
Set: 9:58 PM
Dark night
|
|
20 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 8% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 7:23 AM
Set: 10:41 PM
Dark night
|
21 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 15% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 8:26 AM
Set: 11:17 PM
|
22 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Dragon Boat Festival
Visible: 22% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 9:28 AM
Set: 11:48 PM
|
23 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 31% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:29 AM
Set: –
|
24 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 40% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 11:28 AM
Set: 12:14 AM
|
25 Friday
First Quarter
1:44 PM
Visible: 49% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 12:27 PM
Set: 12:38 AM
|
26 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 59% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 1:25 PM
Set: 1:01 AM
|
|
27 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 68% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 2:24 PM
Set: 1:23 AM
|
28 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 77% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 3:24 PM
Set: 1:47 AM
|
29 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 84% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 4:27 PM
Set: 2:13 AM
|
30 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 91% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 5:32 PM
Set: 2:44 AM
|
1 Thursday
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2 Friday
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3 Saturday
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