Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Monday, August 5 11:18 PM
  • New Moon Monday, August 12 2:58 PM
  • First Quarter Monday, August 19 11:56 AM
  • Full Moon Tuesday, August 27 2:59 PM Sturgeon Moon

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 2% lit, 7 of 7 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus
  • Ramadan begins Wednesday, August 14 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: August 10–17.

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 1912 September
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
28 Sunday
29 Monday
30 Tuesday
31 Wednesday
1 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 89% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 9:42 PM
Set: 8:38 AM
2 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 82% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:02 PM
Set: 9:39 AM
3 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 74% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:23 PM
Set: 10:40 AM
4 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 65% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 10:45 PM
Set: 11:43 AM
5 Monday
Last Quarter
11:18 PM
Visible: 55% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 11:12 PM
Set: 12:49 PM
6 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 44% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 11:44 PM
Set: 2:00 PM
7 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 34% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: –
Set: 3:12 PM
8 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 23% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 12:25 AM
Set: 4:25 PM
9 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 14% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 1:18 AM
Set: 5:33 PM
10 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 7% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 2:25 AM
Set: 6:31 PM
Dark night
11 Sunday
Waning crescent
Perseids meteor shower
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 3:42 AM
Set: 7:17 PM
Dark night
12 Monday
New Moon
2:58 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 5:05 AM
Set: 7:55 PM
Dark night
13 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 6:27 AM
Set: 8:25 PM
Dark night
14 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Ramadan begins
Visible: 5% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 7:45 AM
Set: 8:52 PM
Dark night
15 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 12% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:00 AM
Set: 9:16 PM
Dark night
16 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 20% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:13 AM
Set: 9:40 PM
Dark night
17 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 30% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 11:23 AM
Set: 10:05 PM
Dark night
18 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 40% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 12:33 PM
Set: 10:34 PM
19 Monday
First Quarter
11:56 AM
Visible: 50% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 1:41 PM
Set: 11:06 PM
20 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 60% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 2:47 PM
Set: 11:45 PM
21 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 69% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 3:48 PM
Set: –
22 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 78% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 4:42 PM
Set: 12:31 AM
23 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 85% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 5:28 PM
Set: 1:24 AM
24 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 91% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 6:06 PM
Set: 2:23 AM
25 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 96% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 6:38 PM
Set: 3:25 AM
26 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 7:04 PM
Set: 4:27 AM
27 Tuesday
Full Moon
2:59 PM
Sturgeon Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 7:27 PM
Set: 5:30 AM
28 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 7:48 PM
Set: 6:31 AM
29 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 97% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:08 PM
Set: 7:32 AM
30 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 92% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 8:28 PM
Set: 8:34 AM
31 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 86% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 8:50 PM
Set: 9:36 AM