Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Full Moon Wednesday, May 1 5:18 AM Flower Moon
  • Last Quarter Thursday, May 9 4:57 AM
  • New Moon Thursday, May 16 5:14 PM
  • First Quarter Thursday, May 23 9:10 AM
  • Full Moon Thursday, May 30 6:29 PM Flower MoonBlue Moon

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 86% lit, 2 of 6 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus
  • Shavuot Wednesday, May 22 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before

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

April May 1912 June
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
28 Sunday
29 Monday
30 Tuesday
1 Wednesday
Full Moon
5:18 AM
Flower Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 8:06 PM
Set: 5:28 AM
2 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 9:14 PM
Set: 5:57 AM
3 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 95% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 10:19 PM
Set: 6:32 AM
4 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Eta Aquariids meteor shower
Visible: 89% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 11:19 PM
Set: 7:13 AM
5 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 82% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: –
Set: 8:02 AM
6 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 75% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 12:11 AM
Set: 8:57 AM
7 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 66% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 12:55 AM
Set: 9:56 AM
8 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 57% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 1:31 AM
Set: 10:58 AM
9 Thursday
Last Quarter
4:57 AM
Visible: 47% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 2:01 AM
Set: 12:01 PM
Dark night
10 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 38% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 2:27 AM
Set: 1:04 PM
Dark night
11 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 29% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 2:50 AM
Set: 2:07 PM
Dark night
12 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 20% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 3:11 AM
Set: 3:10 PM
Dark night
13 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 12% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 3:32 AM
Set: 4:15 PM
Dark night
14 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 6% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 3:54 AM
Set: 5:24 PM
Dark night
15 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 4:19 AM
Set: 6:36 PM
Dark night
16 Thursday
New Moon
5:14 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 4:49 AM
Set: 7:52 PM
Dark night
17 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 5:26 AM
Set: 9:09 PM
Dark night
18 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 4% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 6:13 AM
Set: 10:22 PM
Dark night
19 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 11% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 7:13 AM
Set: 11:25 PM
20 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 19% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 8:23 AM
Set: –
21 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 29% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 9:39 AM
Set: 12:17 AM
22 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Shavuot
Visible: 40% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 10:56 AM
Set: 12:58 AM
23 Thursday
First Quarter
9:10 AM
Visible: 51% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 12:11 PM
Set: 1:31 AM
24 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 62% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 1:22 PM
Set: 1:58 AM
25 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 73% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 2:31 PM
Set: 2:21 AM
26 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 82% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 3:38 PM
Set: 2:44 AM
27 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 89% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 4:46 PM
Set: 3:07 AM
28 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 95% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 5:53 PM
Set: 3:31 AM
29 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 98% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 7:00 PM
Set: 3:58 AM
30 Thursday
Full Moon
6:29 PM
Flower Moon
Blue Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 8:06 PM
Set: 4:30 AM
31 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 9:08 PM
Set: 5:09 AM
1 Saturday