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 Tuesday, July 7 8:59 AM Buck Moon
- Last Quarter Wednesday, July 15 2:31 AM
- New Moon Wednesday, July 22 9:37 PM
- First Quarter Wednesday, July 29 6:51 PM
Also in July
- Ramadan begins Friday, July 24 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: July 19–28.
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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28 Sunday
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29 Monday
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30 Tuesday
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1 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 60% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 1:53 PM
Set: 12:16 AM
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2 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 71% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 3:09 PM
Set: 12:43 AM
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3 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 81% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 4:26 PM
Set: 1:14 AM
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4 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 89% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 5:42 PM
Set: 1:53 AM
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5 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 95% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 6:52 PM
Set: 2:41 AM
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6 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 7:52 PM
Set: 3:39 AM
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7 Tuesday
Full Moon
8:59 AM
Buck Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 8:40 PM
Set: 4:46 AM
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8 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 9:18 PM
Set: 5:58 AM
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9 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 95% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 9:48 PM
Set: 7:09 AM
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10 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 89% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 10:13 PM
Set: 8:18 AM
|
11 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 82% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:35 PM
Set: 9:23 AM
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12 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 74% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:55 PM
Set: 10:25 AM
|
13 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 65% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 11:15 PM
Set: 11:25 AM
|
14 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 56% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 11:35 PM
Set: 12:25 PM
|
15 Wednesday
Last Quarter
2:31 AM
Visible: 46% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 11:58 PM
Set: 1:25 PM
|
16 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 37% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: –
Set: 2:27 PM
|
17 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 28% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 12:24 AM
Set: 3:30 PM
|
18 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 20% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 12:56 AM
Set: 4:34 PM
|
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19 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 12% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 1:35 AM
Set: 5:35 PM
Dark night
|
20 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 7% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 2:24 AM
Set: 6:32 PM
Dark night
|
21 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 3:22 AM
Set: 7:21 PM
Dark night
|
22 Wednesday
New Moon
9:37 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 4:29 AM
Set: 8:03 PM
Dark night
|
23 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 5:40 AM
Set: 8:37 PM
Dark night
|
24 Friday
Waxing crescent
Ramadan begins
Visible: 3% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 6:54 AM
Set: 9:06 PM
Dark night
|
25 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 8% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:07 AM
Set: 9:32 PM
Dark night
|
|
26 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 16% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:19 AM
Set: 9:56 PM
Dark night
|
27 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 25% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:32 AM
Set: 10:20 PM
Dark night
|
28 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 36% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 11:44 AM
Set: 10:46 PM
Dark night
|
29 Wednesday
First Quarter
6:51 PM
Visible: 47% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 12:59 PM
Set: 11:16 PM
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30 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 58% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 2:15 PM
Set: 11:51 PM
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31 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 69% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 3:30 PM
Set: –
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1 Saturday
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