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
- New Moon Wednesday, June 4 2:57 PM
- First Quarter Wednesday, June 11 11:37 AM
- Full Moon Wednesday, June 18 12:53 PM Strawberry Moon
- Last Quarter Thursday, June 26 12:41 PM
Also in June
- Dragon Boat Festival Monday, June 9 Chinese calendar
- Shavuot Wednesday, June 11 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: June 1–6, June 30.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 11% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 2:52 AM
Set: 4:56 PM
Dark night
|
2 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 5% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 3:17 AM
Set: 6:04 PM
Dark night
|
3 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 3:48 AM
Set: 7:14 PM
Dark night
|
4 Wednesday
New Moon
2:57 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 4:27 AM
Set: 8:24 PM
Dark night
|
5 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 5:16 AM
Set: 9:28 PM
Dark night
|
6 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 4% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 6:17 AM
Set: 10:24 PM
Dark night
|
7 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 10% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 7:27 AM
Set: 11:10 PM
|
|
8 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 18% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 8:42 AM
Set: 11:47 PM
|
9 Monday
Waxing crescent
Dragon Boat Festival
Visible: 28% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 9:59 AM
Set: –
|
10 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 39% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 11:14 AM
Set: 12:17 AM
|
11 Wednesday
First Quarter
11:37 AM
Shavuot
Visible: 50% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 12:27 PM
Set: 12:43 AM
|
12 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 62% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 1:39 PM
Set: 1:07 AM
|
13 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 72% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 2:50 PM
Set: 1:31 AM
|
14 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 82% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 4:03 PM
Set: 1:56 AM
|
|
15 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 89% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 5:16 PM
Set: 2:24 AM
|
16 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 95% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 6:29 PM
Set: 2:57 AM
|
17 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 7:38 PM
Set: 3:37 AM
|
18 Wednesday
Full Moon
12:53 PM
Strawberry Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 8:39 PM
Set: 4:25 AM
|
19 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 9:30 PM
Set: 5:22 AM
|
20 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 10:11 PM
Set: 6:25 AM
|
21 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 91% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 10:44 PM
Set: 7:30 AM
|
|
22 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 85% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 11:11 PM
Set: 8:35 AM
|
23 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 77% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 11:34 PM
Set: 9:38 AM
|
24 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 69% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 11:54 PM
Set: 10:39 AM
|
25 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 60% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: –
Set: 11:38 AM
|
26 Thursday
Last Quarter
12:41 PM
Visible: 50% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 12:14 AM
Set: 12:38 PM
|
27 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 41% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 12:33 AM
Set: 1:38 PM
|
28 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 31% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 12:53 AM
Set: 2:40 PM
|
|
29 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 23% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 1:17 AM
Set: 3:46 PM
|
30 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 15% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 1:45 AM
Set: 4:55 PM
Dark night
|
1 Tuesday
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2 Wednesday
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3 Thursday
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4 Friday
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5 Saturday
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