Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Monday, May 2 8:30 AM
  • New Moon Monday, May 9 12:34 AM
  • First Quarter Sunday, May 15 9:13 PM
  • Full Moon Tuesday, May 24 12:39 AM Flower Moon
  • Last Quarter Tuesday, May 31 5:24 PM

Also in May

  • Eta Aquariids meteor shower peak on the night of May 4–5 up to 50 meteors an hour in a dark sky; Moon 18% lit, 6 of 6 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus
  • Total solar eclipse Monday, May 9, 12:42 AM not visible from Columbus
  • Total lunar eclipse Tuesday, May 24, 12:34 AM visible from Columbus

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: May 2–10.

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).

April May 1910 June
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 59% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 1:23 AM
Set: 10:36 AM
2 Monday
Last Quarter
8:30 AM
Visible: 48% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 2:05 AM
Set: 11:42 AM
Dark night
3 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 38% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 2:42 AM
Set: 12:52 PM
Dark night
4 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Eta Aquariids meteor shower
Visible: 27% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:14 AM
Set: 2:04 PM
Dark night
5 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 18% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 3:43 AM
Set: 3:17 PM
Dark night
6 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 10% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:10 AM
Set: 4:32 PM
Dark night
7 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 4% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 4:38 AM
Set: 5:49 PM
Dark night
8 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 5:08 AM
Set: 7:08 PM
Dark night
9 Monday
New Moon
12:34 AM
Total solar eclipse
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 5:42 AM
Set: 8:28 PM
Dark night
10 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 3% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 6:22 AM
Set: 9:46 PM
Dark night
11 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 9% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 7:09 AM
Set: 10:59 PM
12 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 17% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 8:06 AM
Set: –
13 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 26% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 9:10 AM
Set: 12:01 AM
14 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 36% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 10:17 AM
Set: 12:51 AM
15 Sunday
First Quarter
9:13 PM
Visible: 46% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 11:24 AM
Set: 1:32 AM
16 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 56% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 12:30 PM
Set: 2:04 AM
17 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 66% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 1:32 PM
Set: 2:31 AM
18 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 75% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 2:33 PM
Set: 2:55 AM
19 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 82% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 3:32 PM
Set: 3:17 AM
20 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 89% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 4:30 PM
Set: 3:38 AM
21 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 94% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 5:29 PM
Set: 4:00 AM
22 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 98% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 6:30 PM
Set: 4:23 AM
23 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 7:31 PM
Set: 4:49 AM
24 Tuesday
Full Moon
12:39 AM
Flower Moon
Total lunar eclipse
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 8:33 PM
Set: 5:19 AM
25 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 9:33 PM
Set: 5:55 AM
26 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 94% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 10:30 PM
Set: 6:38 AM
27 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 89% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 11:21 PM
Set: 7:30 AM
28 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 82% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: –
Set: 8:29 AM
29 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 73% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 12:05 AM
Set: 9:33 AM
30 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 63% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 12:43 AM
Set: 10:41 AM
31 Tuesday
Last Quarter
5:24 PM
Visible: 53% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 1:16 AM
Set: 11:50 AM
1 Wednesday
2 Thursday
3 Friday
4 Saturday